At MSTECH Sweden, we deliver fast, reliable composite simulation services that reduce development time, improve material efficiency, and support innovation across aerospace, automotive, energy, and sports equipment industries. Empower your engineering decisions with precise, cost-effective modeling, topology optimization, and virtual prototyping.
Our team offers extensive experience in composite simulation, tackling even the most complex challenges. We excel in:
• Ply-by-Ply Layup Definitions: Accurately representing your composite structures layer by layer for precise FEA.
• Progressive Damage and Failure Criteria: Applying industry-standard methods like Tsai-Wu, Hashin, and Puck criteria to predict progressive failure, delamination, and fiber breakage under multiaxial loads.
• Coupled Mechanical-Thermal Analyses: Evaluating how temperature variations, moisture absorption, and thermal cycling impact laminate performance and long-term durability.
With a strong background in aerospace, automotive, marine, and sports equipment composites, we tailor our composite simulation workflows to meet your specific project demands, including material characterization, fatigue life prediction, and crashworthiness analysis.
Model Setup
We begin by capturing the unique characteristics of your composite materials and structural requirements:
Custom Laminate Definitions
Tailored ply orientations, stacking sequences and symmetry constraints to match your load paths and manufacturing capabilities
Incorporation of bespoke material data (e.g. non-standard fibers, novel resin systems or hybrid layups) into the solver’s database
Optimized Meshing Strategies
Adaptive mesh refinement in high-stress or curvature‐sensitive regions to balance accuracy and solve time
Special element formulations (shell, solid, continuum‐shell) selected based on thickness, curvature and expected failure modes
Material Library Development
Creation and verification of orthotropic material cards for your exact fiber/resin combinations
Calibration against coupon‐level test data (tension, compression, shear) to ensure predictive fidelity
We push beyond linear analyses to anticipate real-world performance and limit risks:
Detailed Failure Analysis
Progressive damage and delamination models (e.g. Hashin, Puck, Cohesive Zone) to predict initiation and growth of cracks
Post-buckling and collapse simulations under compressive loads for thin laminates
Fatigue Life Prediction
S–N curve generation from material test data and multi-axial fatigue criteria to estimate cycles to failure
Miner’s rule and crack‐growth modelling to forecast life under variable amplitude loading
Crash & Impact Modeling
Explicit dynamics simulations of bird-strike, tool-drop or low-velocity impacts with detailed contact definitions
Delamination tracking and energy‐absorption metrics to optimize laminate toughness
Streamline your CAE process and explore design spaces more efficiently:
Scripting & CAE Workflow Automation
Python or APDL scripts to automate pre‐processing (geometry import, mesh setup), batch runs and post‐processing
Integration with PLM/PDM systems to ensure model consistency and traceability
Parameter Studies & DOE
Design-of-Experiments layouts (full‐factorial, Taguchi, Latin Hypercube) to identify key drivers of performance
Automated batch execution and Pareto analysis to reveal trade-offs between weight, strength and cost
Optimization Loops
Coupling with gradient‐based or genetic algorithms to optimize ply angles, thicknesses or material selections
Surrogate modelling (response surfaces, kriging) for rapid exploration of high-dimensional design spaces
Ensure confidence in your simulations through rigorous comparison to physical testing:
Benchmarking Against Experimental Data
Correlation reports matching simulated load–displacement curves to coupon and component tests
Sensitivity studies to quantify the impact of material property scatter and modelling assumptions
Comprehensive Documentation
Detailed simulation reports with methodology, assumptions, boundary conditions and convergence studies
Traceable workflows and versioned scripts for audit-ready deliverables
Training & Knowledge Transfer
Hands-on workshops for your engineering team covering best practices in composite modelling
Custom training materials to empower in-house capabilities and accelerate future projects
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