Introduction

This is a hands-on workshop covering material testing, material modeling and finite element analysis of elastomers. Instructors from MSC.Software and Axel Products, Inc. present an integrated testing and analysis workshop featuring the experimental facilities of Axel Products, Inc. and MSC.Marc software. Attendees perform elastomer experiments using laboratory instruments to create data appropriate for use in building elastomer material models in FEA. Material models are then developed and examined on workstations running MSC.Marc.

This workshop is held at the Axel Products facility in Ann Arbor, MI; for directions, please click here.

Workshop Outline

Mechanics of Elastomers:

Hyperelastic Material Models and Curve Fitting for:
Neo-Hookean
Mooney-Rivlin
Ogden
Arruda-Boyce
Gent

Perform Appropriate Laboratory Experiments:

Simple Tension
Pure Shear
Biaxial Extension
Volumetric Compression
Viscoelastic Property Measurements
Friction

Analysis Issues:

Contact
Friction
Correlation of FEA and Experimental Data

Address Questions such as:

How are these tests different than the ASTM tests we already do?
What are the effects of repeated loading?
Why do compression tests create problems for the analyst?

To Register for this Workshop:

Download additional course information and registration details from the MSC.Institute of Technology (see workshop: MAR103).

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