HF-3100: Post-Processing Composite Forming Results in HyperView

This tutorial shows you how to post-process the results of a composite forming simulation in HyperView.

Files for this Tutorial

The file for this tutorial, CompositeA001, is compressed in the file, Composites.zip.

1.	Create a working directory.

2.	Copy and unzip the file, Composites.zip, into your working directory. The uncompressed file is CompositeA001.

Note: The model files for this tutorial are located in the file mfs-1.zip in the subdirectory \hf\Incremental\. See Accessing Model Files.

3.	Launch HyperView.

4.	Below the graphics area, for the Result-Math template, select Advanced:

result_template_hv

5.	For the Load model field, navigate to the results file: CompositeA001.

The file loads in both the Load model and Load results fields.

6.	Click Apply.

1.	In the tree of the Model browser, next to Rigid elements, select .

The display of Rigid elements is turned off in the model graphics.

2.	From the animation controls, animate the model and observe the ply behavior.

3.	In the tree of the Model browser, next to the following elements: Resin1, Resin2, Punch, Binder and Die, select .

The display of the selected elements is turned off in the model graphics. Only the plies are visible.

4.	From the toolbar, select , and the Contour panel appears.

Note that for Result type, the following options are available for multilayer composite forming simulations:

•	%Thinning-solids(s)

•	Fiber rotation (derived result)

•	Fiber orientation (derived result)

•	USR1 = Stresses in fiber1

•	USR2 = Stresses in fiber2

•	USR3 = Shear stress

•	USR4 = strain in fiber1

•	USR5 = Strain in fiber2

•	USR6 = tangent of shear angle

5.	For Result type, select %Thinning-solids(s), and then click Apply.

The Nodal distance between the top ply and bottom ply for the last time step is displayed as a contour, as you see in the following figure. This contour does not change with time.

composite_forming_contour_plot

6.	From the Model browser, right-click, and select Create > Derived Result:

menu_derived_result

7.	In the Expression Builder that appears, populate the fields as follows:

•	For Label, enter Fiber Rotation.

•	For Table, select PHI.

•	Click Insert. At the bottom of the dialog, in the field under Expression, S4 appears.

•	For Show required, select the downward arrows.

•	For Layer, select None.

•	For Frame, select Time: 0.0000e+000.

•	In the field under Expression, enter a hyphen (-) after S4, and then click Insert. F1.S4 appears next to the hyphen and the command reads: S4-F1.S4

•	Check that the fields in the Expression Builder look like the ones in the following figure, and then click Apply.

expression_builder_post_processing

Click OK.

On the Contour panel, a new Result type, Fiber Rotation(s), is added to the drop down menu.

9.	For Result type, select Fiber Rotation(s).

10.	In the Model browser, turn off Ply 2, Ply 3 and Ply 4.

11.	In the Contour panel, for Layers, select Layer 1, and then click Apply.

The Fiber Rotation for Layer1 is displayed you see in the following figure:

fiber_rotation_post_processing

12.	In the Model browser, right-click, and then select Create > Derive Result.

13.	In the Expression Builder, select the options as you see in the following figure. In the editor under Expression, copy and paste the following string: VectorFromScalar(cos(S4),sin(S4),0.000000000000,"elem")

expression_builder_post_processing_2

14.

Click OK.

A new result type called Fiber Orientation (s) appears under the contour and vector panel.

15.	For Result type, select Fiber Orientation (s).

16.	For Layers, select Layer 1.

17.	On the Display tab, do the following:

•	For Size scaling, select By Magnitude and enter 1.0.

•	For Color by, select Direction.

18.	Click Apply.

The Fiber Orientation is displayed for each element with a vector as you see in the following figure:

fiber_orientation_post_processing

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