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MicroFEA 1.0—A software package for Finite Element Analysis of functionally graded materials
- Source :
- Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), instacron:UFC, SoftwareX, Vol 11, Iss, Pp-(2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier B.V., 2020.
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Abstract
- Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) are a class of advanced composites with a gradual and continuously varying microstructural composition. This paper presents MicroFEA 1.0, which is a software package developed to help overcoming the challenges of designing and analyzing FGM structures. It provides capabilities to fit FGM experimental data to B-Spline curves and to analyze composite materials using mean-field micromechanics homogenization techniques. The package is composed of MATLAB scripts and Fortran subroutines intended for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using Abaqus. The Abaqus user-material subroutines (UMATs) are designed to work with heterogeneous materials at the integration points level, discarding the need for custom-designed elements. Thermomechanical analyses can also be carried out with the help of UTEMPs. This software will provide valuable help for scientists and engineers facing the development of new FGM structural components.
- Subjects :
- Fortran
Computer science
Subroutine
Finite Element Analysis
Mechanical engineering
01 natural sciences
Homogenization (chemistry)
03 medical and health sciences
Software
0103 physical sciences
010306 general physics
MATLAB
030304 developmental biology
computer.programming_language
lcsh:Computer software
0303 health sciences
business.industry
FGM
Finite element analysis
Micromechanics
UMAT
Finite element method
Computer Science Applications
lcsh:QA76.75-76.765
Advanced composite materials
business
computer
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Portuguese
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), instacron:UFC, SoftwareX, Vol 11, Iss, Pp-(2020)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....85dcd40a45e32b16dfcf68ffd816debe