Research
Composites Manufacturing Simulation & Validation
- Develop a comprehensive set of simulation tools that connect composites from their birth in manufacturing to their lifetime prediction.
- Advance the certification of composite products by analysis validated by experiments and teach the use of these tools to the current and future generations of engineers.
- Work with industry, academia, and government to put these tools in the hands of engineers.
Composites Additive Manufacturing
- Predict and measure the anisotropic deformation that occurs in printed elements.
- Include a description of anisotropic element shape change during deposition.
- Anticipate performance of the printed element.
Mechanics of Structure Genome
- Unify the length scales of structural mechanics and micromechanics.
- Enable modeling of composites with the same accuracy and ease as metals.
- Interface seamlessly with conventional FEA codes for high-fidelity composites modeling.
- Simulate in the cloud using SwiftComp deployed on cdmHUB.
cdmHUB Online Composites Community
- The Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB (cdmHUB).
- Convene the composites community to advance certification by analysis.
- The cdmHUB supports certification by analysis through developing and disseminating simulation best practices and through education and evaluation of composites simulation tools.