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Impact of a Rigid on
71 Composite Laminate using
GENOA PFA Material
Summary 1283
Introduction 1284
Requested Solution 1284
Model Details of Part 1 – Composite Shells 1284
Results 1285
Test versus Simulation 1286
Input File(s) 1286
Part 2 - Rigid Impact on Composite Foam Laminate using Genoa
Material 1287
Model Details – Composite shells and Solid Foam Material
1287
Results of Part 2: 1288
Test versus Simulation 1288
Input File(s) 1288
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Summary
Title Chapter 71: Impact of a Rigid Body on Composite Laminate using GENOA PFA
Material
Features Using Genoa composite shell material for impact simulation
Geometry
Impactor
Plate
Introduction
MD Nastran predicts complex, large deformation composite behavior with extensive material degradation. GENOA
PFA (Progressive Failure Analysis) material model available in MD Nastran SOL700 allows prediction of complex
composite material behavior and degradation of the plies and laminates at micro-mechanical level. In the following
example which includes two parts, the simulation results are compared and correlated closely to those of test results
during a high velocity impact event. In part 1, the plate material is a composite laminate using shell elements while in
part2, the plate material is a combination of laminate composites and solid foam material.
Requested Solution
The displacement and contact force time histories are computed and compared with the test results.
Impactor
Fixture plate
A A
5.0 inch
11.00 inch
5.0 inch
The composite shell panel is modeled using PCOMP entry. The panel has 12 layers and the thickness of each layer is
0.007 inch. The panel is made with the ply lay-up of (45,-45), 4x(0,90),(45,-45) which is the same as the test model.
PCOMP 1
+ 1 .007 45.00000 1 .007 -45.
+ 1 .007 0.0 1 .007 90.00000
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Results
The results of the simulation were compared with those of the test. MD Nastran SOL700 generates Lagrangian time
history results into the binout binary and d3plot files while the Eulerian time history results are output in the THS file.
The following displacement time history is generated using SimXpert reading the results from d3plot.
Figure 71-2 shows the displacement time history result at node 1 which is located in the center of the panel and shows
the maximum displacement of 0.22 inches which correlates very closely to the maximum displacement from the test
of 0.20 inches.
To generate the contact force time histories, an ASCII file is generated. This is because XY plots generation from
binout binary file is not currently supported in SimXpert or Patran at this time. Alternatively, LS-Post can be used to
generate the XY plot by reading the binout file directly.
To generate the ASCII file from binout file, a convertor tool called I2a is used. l2a is an executable that resides in
the MD Nastran SOL 700 installation directories and reads in the binout binary file and generates an equivalent ASCII
file. The command is:
l2a filename.dytr.binout0000
After running this command, several ASCII files are generated that include nodal forces (ncforc), contact forces (rcforc), element
forces (elout), etc.
In the rcforc file, the slave and master time history contact forces are recorded. The magnitude of contact forces on
slave and master bodies are the same but with opposite signs. Using a contact force time history of the master contact
body, the Figure 71-3 is generated by sorting the data first and then using MS xl for actual plot. The maximum
z-contact force is 878.6 lbf compared to 897 lbf from the test results.
Input File(s)
Files Description
E1-Impact.bdf MD Nastran input for composite shells
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Results of Part 2:
The results of the simulation were compared with those of the test. To plot the results, same methodology as Part 1
was followed.
The maximum z-contact force is 1510 lbf compared to 1514 lbf from the test results.
Input File(s)
Files Description
E2-Impact-Foam.bdf MD Nastran input for composite shells and solid foam material