Polymer Composite Simulation Portal
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Description
Gaining access to supercomputing resources, coupled with portals that link to complex modeling packages, provides companies with a competitive edge by saving money through virtual prototypes by:
- Accelerating product development
- Promoting process improvement
- Solving challenging scientific and industrial / business problems
Polymer Composite Simulation (PCS) Education Edition is a new web-based environment co-developed by the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) and ACES of Columbus to provide an easy-to-use portal for computational analysis of polymer composite properties. Designed to give an intuitive interface for predicting the properties of polymer-based short fiber composite materials containing discrete fibers, the portal allows the user to study the influence of composite microstructure on a composite's rigidity and strength for typical product shapes.
The computational analysis is performed using the COMSOL Multiphysics modeling package on OSC's supercomputing resources. Engineers can study the properties for a range of polymer matrix materials and fiber characteristics, as well as product geometries to evaluate new consumer product designs prior to manufacturing.
The workshop will be presented through a combination of lectures and hands-on lab sessions. Its focus will be performing composite analysis via the portal. Participants will receive a brief introduction to the technical details of the underlying COMSOL Multiphysics model and gain experience with the portal capabilities by running several practical examples and investigating the results.
Prerequisites
The course will assume that the attendee has no prior knowledge of the COMSOL Multiphysics modeling package. Target Audience Manufacturing engineers, polymer or composite engineers, students, and faculty interested in prediction of polymer materials properties.
Method of Delivery
Lecture and hands on exercises
Handouts
August 26, 2008 (PDF)
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