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Mesh

Material Properties

The material properties for composite material are different than typical isotropic materials, because different directions have different material properties. Also, monocoque typically have a sandwich structure consists of carbon fiber and aluminum core. Steps blow shows how to enter orthotropic properties into Ansys.

T300 Weave

Double click  Engineering Data 

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Next step, we need to define the stress limits and tsai-wu constants for failure analysis.
Expand  Strength&nbsp > (Drag) Orthotropic Stress Limits and Tsai-Wu Constants on to the new material, and the properties are shown below:

5250 Core

Repeat the steps above to enter the properties for 5250 Core. The values are displayed in figure below:

Steel for the Suspension Links

Suspension links are normal isotropic materials. I have purposely made it really stiff, so we can see more deformation on the monocoque. Here are the properties:

Attach the Suspension Link & Mesh

following video shows how to mesh composite material and how to attach line bodies to surfaces

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