Material Cards for Structural Analysis
Material Characterisation for Abaqus, LS-Dyna, Nastran, and Altair

Using fully characterised materials in your analysis ensures accurate predictions. Too often, meticulous models created for simulation are fed with unverified TDS properties, missing data on critical failure modes and behaviours. We created the Engenuity materials characterisation laboratory, under the same roof as our analysis team, to ensure our predictions for component and system structural behaviour were verified right through the engineering process. The result is we can develop better performing and more reliable products, faster, with reduced costs from prototyping and physical testing and lower weight and in-production expenses by using less material in the final product.
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MATERIAL CARDS FOR COMPOSITE MANUFACTURERS
Our material card creation services go right from coupon creation from flat plaques, through physical testing and material model correlation to validation in your chosen simulation package. These services are available to anyone, whether you’re a simulation services provider, an OEM, Tier 1 or further down the supply chain.
Over the last few years, Engenuity has supplied material cards to some of the biggest composite material manufacturers in the world. They have used this high quality, independent data as a point of difference; to convince the technical teams of their customers that their materials are the right choice on active projects. Investing in their competitive advantage to win more business.

DAMAGE EVOLUTION PROPERTIES
High performance, expensive materials demand efficient use. To use them efficiently means understanding the key properties these materials bring to the application and the amount of material required to avoid failure under the loading conditions.
Engenuity has developed tests to characterise behaviour and failure under all loading conditions, and accurately describe these failures to commercial simulation packages. This includes:
- Tensile Strength and Modulus
- Compressive Strength and Modulus
- In- Plane Shear Strength and Modulus
- Cyclic Shear
- Interlaminar Shear Strength
- Free and Delamination Suppressed Crush Stress
- Fracture Energy Release Rate
- Fatigue
- Adhesive peel and shear
This testing can also be carried out at elevated and cold temperatures and with environmental and chemical conditioning.




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MATERIAL CARDS FOR CRASH MODELLING
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