Best Practice: Using Composite Structures in Creo Simulate
You can analyze composite structures and evaluate the results in Creo Simulate. Because ply boundaries are not visible in the simulation environment, you can apply simulation objects—such as mesh controls, loads, and boundary conditions—to the curves that define ply boundaries or directly to the layup surface. The materials used for plies and cores are pre-selected for the analysis.
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• Make sure that the composite feature does not contain a solidify plies feature because Creo Simulate supports only surface-based composite structures.
• You cannot use Creo Simulate Lite to analyze a composite structure.
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You can see the results of an analysed composite structure by selecting appropriate settings in the Result Window Definition dialog box. For example, to see the stress on a ply contributing to a layer, follow these steps:
1. In the Result Window Definition dialog box, select Stress and its unit in the Quantity tab.
2. Under Include contributions from shells, select either Top or Bottom from the first list, and then select of layer from the second list.
Alternatively, select either Maximum or Minimum from the first list, and then select of ply top/bottom from the second list.
3. Enter a layer number.
4. Select a ply contributing to that layer.
5. Click OK and Show to see the stress on the ply.