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WS3 Open Hole Tension Test 021312

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WORKSHOP 3

Open-Hole Tension Test Coupon

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Objectives
• Workshop Objectives
– Become familiar with the basic steps of setting up a progressive ply
failure analysis
• Software Version
– Patran 2011
– MD Nastran 2011.1
• Required File:
– tension_test_coupon.db

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Problem Description
• Determine the allowable strength of a new 15-ply composite layup
design
• The left end is fixed and a tensile load is applied to the right end.

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Step 1. Open an existing Patran Database
a

Start Patran and open a database


containing the composite test
coupon:
a. Click File Open in the Defaults
group.
b. Select
tension_test_coupon.db as
the File name. b
c. Click OK.

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Step 2. Review Loads and Boundary Conditions
a
b

Plot loads and boundary conditions: c


a. Click the Loads/BCs tab. d
b. Set Action to Plot Markers.
c. Select Displ_fixed and click
Apply. This plots the simple
support at the left end of the
part.
d. Select Displ_pull and click
Apply. This plots the 0.2 in
enforced displacement applied
to the right end of the part.
e. Click Reset Graphics to clear
the markers.

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Step 3. Define Ply Material Properties
a
b i

Define Ply Material:


a. Click the Properties tab.
j
b. Click 2D in the Orthotropic
group. e
c. Enter ply for Material Name.
d. Click on Input Properties….
e. Enter 17E6, 1.4E6, 0.34,
0.45E6, 0.45E6, 0.45E6 as
shown.
f. Click OK.
g. Click Apply.
h. Click on Input Properties …
again.
i. Select c
Failure1(SOL400/600) /
Puck / Gradual. f
j. Enter 200E3, 100E3, 15E3,
30E3, 15E3, 0.35, 0.35, 0.27,
0.27, 0.01 as shown.
k. Click OK. d h
l. Click Apply again. k
g l
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Step 4. Define Composite Layup
a

Define the layup:


a. Click Laminate in the
Composite Group.
b. Enter laminate for Material
Name.
g
c. Click ply under Existing c
Materials 15 times to make 15 d f
plies.
d. Click on ply 1’s empty
Thickness cell.
e. Enter 0.01 in the Set
Thickness box and press the
Enter key.
f. Click on ply 1’s empty
Orientation cell.
g. Enter the following into the
Input Data box: 45/-45/45/-
45/90/45/-45/0/-45/45/90/-
45/45/-45/45 and press the e
Enter key. b
h. Click Apply.

h
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Step 5. Define Element Property
a

Define element property:


a. Click Shell in the 2D
Properties group. e
b. Enter plate for Property Set
Name. f
c. Select Laminate for Options.
d. Click Input Properties….
e. Click on the Mat Prop Name
icon and select laminate.
f. Click in the Material
Orientation box, then screen
g
select Coord 0.
g. Select Large Strain for
b
Nonlinear Formulation.
h. Click OK.
c

h
f
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Step 5. Define Element Property (cont.)

j
Define element property (cont.) k
i. Click Select Application
Region…
j. Rectangular select all 6
surfaces.
k. Click Add.
l. Click OK.
m. Click Apply.
l

m
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Step 6. Set up Analysis
a
b

Set up analysis:
a. Click the Analysis tab.
b. Select Analysis Deck.
c. Enter Job Name
tensile_coupon.
d. Click on Solution Type….
c
e. Select Implicit Nonlinear.
f. Click on Solution
Parameters…. g
e
g. Select Shell Shear
Correction and SOL400
Run.
h. Click OK.
i. Click OK. h d
f

i
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Step 6. Set up Analysis (Cont.)

Setup Analysis:
j. Click on
Subcases….
k. Click on Default n
under Available
Subcases.
k
l. Click on Subcase
Parameters…. o
m. Click on Load
Increment
Params….
n. Select Adaptive for m
Increment Type.
o. Enter 0.05 for
Maximum Time
Step.
p
q
p. Click OK. l
q. Click OK.
r. Click Apply. j
s. Click Cancel. r s
t. Click Apply. t

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Step 7. Edit Nastran Input File
– Open the newly created input file tensile_coupon.bdf with
WordPad (or any other text editor)
– Search for MATF (Edit/Find…).
– Change the third field from 0 to 2 (for gradual selective PFA).
– Save the modified file.

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Step 8. Submit Job to MD Nastran
a
Run the analysis:
a. Double click the MD Nastran icon
on the desktop.
b. Browse and select
tensile_coupon.bdf.
c. Click Open
d. Enter scr=no as optional keywords b
e. Click Run

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Step 8. Submit Job to MD Nastran
– Open tensile_coupon.sts file to check the job status – normal completion if job
ends with exit number 0.

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Step 9. Attach Results File
a

Access Results file:


a. Select MASTER/DBALL.
b. Click on Select Results
File….
c. Browse to the working
directory and select
tensile_coupon.MASTER.
d. Click OK. c
e. Click Apply.

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Step 10. Plot Results
a
b

Display ply stresses:


a. Click the Results tab.
b. Click Fringe.
c. Select the last
increment under
Select Result Cases.
d. Select Composite
Stress, Ply Stress c
under Select Fringe
Result.
e. Click Apply.

On you own, review other d


layers and other
stress components.

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Step 10. Plot Results (cont.)

Display damage:
a. Select Total Damage for
Progressive Failure under
Select Fringe Result.
b. Click Apply.
c. Select Matrix Damage for
Progressive Failure and
click Apply.
d. Select Fiber Damage for
Progressive Failure and
click Apply. d
c
Damage value indicates the
degree of material stiffness a
degradation.
Damage = 1.0 – residual
stiffness

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Step 10. Plot Results (cont.)

a
Change fringe plot extrapolation
option to average:
a.Click Plot Options
b.Set Extrapolation to Average.
c.Click Apply.

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Step 11. Plot Load-Deflection Curve
b l

Plot load-deflection curve:


a. Click the Reset Graphics icon.
b. Click Graph.
c. Select all increments under
Select Result Cases. c
d. Select Constraint Forces
Translational under Y Result. k
e. Select X Component Quantity.
f. Select Result for X.
g. Click Select X Result…. l
h. Select Displacements,
Translational under Select X d
Result.
i. Select X Component Quantity
j. Click OK.
k. Click the Target Entities icon. h e
l. Pick the independent node of f
the RBE2 where the enforced g
displacement is applied.
i
m. Click Apply.
m j
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Step 11. Plot Load-Deflection Curve (Cont.)

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End of Workshop 3

File/Quit to exit Patran.

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