The interface between Digimat-CAE/SigmaSoft enables you to import in Digimat-CAE per element fiber orientation data, predicted by SigmaSoft, for nonlinear multi-scale FEA.
      

Digimat-CAE/SigmaSoft allows the user to import in Digimat-CAE the fiber orientation data predicted by SigmaSoft, for DIGIMAT-based multi-scale FEA. In addition to this, initial stresses and/or temperature can also be imported inthe DIGIMAT-base multi-scale FEA using MAP.


Digimat-CAE/SigmaSoft interface models allows to:

• Read in the 2^nd order orientation tensors predicted by SigmaSoft analyses for each element.
• Use this information to compute the thermo-mechanical properties for the underlying composite.

• DIGIMAT is a powerful tool that is giving us a new insight into our composite polymers. Its ability to model thermal expansion as a function of temperature, for instance, has been instrumental in understanding some subtle mechanism of warpage of injection molded parts. Vito Leo, Principal Scientist, Solvay Advanced Polymers