What is MatScape?
MatScape is the intelligent material modeling tool in the PART Software Suite. The software provides simulation-ready material cards and strength properties for FEA, making material data directly usable for simulation and evaluation.
- Provide simulation-ready matreial cards for FEA.
- Make strength properties and design limits available for the assessemnt of FEA results.
- Bundle the material intelligence of the PART Software Suite into a single central tool.
- Easy to use and tailored to the engineer, instead of complex material data management systems.
Why material data is often not directly usable in practice
Reliable simulations require not only material data, but also ready-to-use material cards and appropriate design limits. In practice, however, there is often a lack of data and suitable workflows for calibration and validation. This leads to unnecessary effort, uncertainty, and results that are often unusable.
Missing material cards
Many data sources provide material data only in the form of tables or diagrams. As a result, simulation often lacks material cards that can be used directly.
- Table values alone are not sufficient for FEA
- Simulation-ready material cards are often missing
- Additional manual processing is required
Lack of higher-level material data
Even though material data sheets can be exported, the data that truly matches the specific material and the desired material model is often missing.
- Non-specific databases only cover many material classes in general terms
- Only simple standard models are often available
- The time and cost required for additional data collection are high
Lack of design limits
Especially for plastics, anisotropic properties or cyclic strength properties are often missing for the specific grades and load cases.
- Anisotropic properties are often unavailable
- Cyclic strength properties are particularly often missing
- Existing data often do not match the actual component or load case
Complicated procedures
While many systems are powerful, they can be cumbersome to use. The database often has to be built and maintained entirely from scratch.
- Comprehensive systems are not tailored to day-to-day simulation work
- Data maintenance by the user creates additional work
- Complicated usage slows down the workflow
Lack of specialized knowledge
Deriving valid material cards from raw material data often requires in-depth expertise. This specialized knowledge is not always available where it is needed on a day-to-day basis.
- Validating material cards requires specialized knowledge
- Skills gaps arise between material and simulation expertise
- The democratization of simulation increases the need for easy-to-use solutions
Material intelligence becomes directly usable
MatScape provides simulation-ready material cards for various FEA software across many industries. Even from incomplete raw material data, usable material cards can be created in an intuitive manner. In addition, design limits for the strength assessemnt of plastic components can be determined at the click of a button.
- Simulation-ready material cards for various FEA software
- Usable even with incomplete material data
- Design limits for strength assessment at the click of a button
- Intuitive application instead of time-consuming case-by-case preprocessing
It will become easier to create anisotropic material cards
MatScape uses intelligent algorithms to generate anisotropic material cardsfor short-fiber-reinforced plastics. This allows for the consideration of direction-dependent material properties, even when complete direction-dependent material data is not available.
- Anisotropic material cards for short-fiber-reinforced plastics
- Intelligent algorithms for deriving missing information
- Direction-dependent properties can be utilized in the simulation
- Less manual specialist work required for complex material behavior
Supported material cards
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*ELASTIC *PLASTIC *EXPANSION |
*ELASTIC *PLASTIC *POTENTIAL *EXPANSION |
| material cards |
MPTEMP MPDATA TB, PLASTIC |
MPTEMP MPDATA TB, PLASTIC TB, HILL |
| material cards |
*MAT_ELASTIC (MAT_1) *MAT_ELASTIC_PLASTIC_THERMAL (MAT_4) *MAT_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY (MAT_24) |
*MAT_ORTHO_ELASTIC_PLASTIC (MAT_108) *MAT_ANISOTROPIC_ELASTIC_PLASTIC (MAT_157) |
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ORTHOTROPIC ORTHO TEMP |
| material cards |
MAT1 MATT1 MATS1 TABLEST |
MAT9 MATT9 TABLEM1 |
| material cards |
MAT1 MATT1 MATS1 TABLES1 |
MAT9OR PLASTIC CRIT, HILL |
| material cards | – | $MATERIAL TYPE = ORTHO |
| material cards |
/MAT/LAW1 /MAT/LAW36 |
/MAT/CONVERSE |
| material cards |
MAT1 MATT1 MATS1 TABLES |
MAT9 MATT9 TABLEM1 |
| material cards | – |
.MAT BEHA "ELASTIC" |
Features
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Manufacturer-authorized material data High-quality, manufacturer-authorized material data from various plastic resin suppliers, including Ascend, Barlog Plastics, EMS-Grivory, Envalior, Mocom, Radici, and Toray Custom material data You can enter your own material data. |
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Predefined material cards Isotropic and anisotropic predefined material cards for many commercially available plastic grades and FEA solvers (see the table of supported material models) Easy creation of material cards Easy, step-by-step creation of custom material cards, even if the database is incomplete Multiscale modeling Multiscale modeling of anisotropic orientation-dependent stiffness parameters using the Mori-Tanaka approach Reconstruction of the orientation distribution Reconstruction of the orientation distribution function using the maximum entropy approach Anisotropic plasticity Anisotropic plasticity is modeled using an orientation-dependent Hill yield function |
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Static design limits Derivation of grade-specific static design limits for short-term single and repeated loads, as well as long-term loads Cyclic design limits Derivation of grade-specific S-N curves in the range of N = 10⁴ to 10⁷ for variable stress ratios |
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Static and cyclic data Short-term and isochronous stress-strain curves, creep curves, S-N curves, Haigh diagram Special representations Design limits according to VDI 2016/Methods A & B and the SSK method; polar diagram illustrating the anisotropic properties of test specimens for short-fiber-reinforced plastic types; orientation profiles for material card preparation |
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Exporting Material Cards Export of material cards for a variety of FEA solvers (see the table "Supported Material Property Tables") Workflow for anisotropic FEA Integration with Converse for the creation of component-specific anisotropic multiscale FE simulation models Strength assessment workflow Integration with S-Life Plastics for performing static and cyclic strength analyses |
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Reconstruction of stress-strain data Reconstruction of complete stress-strain curves from single-point data (modulus of elasticity, yield/break stress and strain) using analytical methods Raw data processing and validation Curve-processing tools and plausibility checks for generating numerically valid material cards Determination of the elastic properties of fiber-reinforced plastics Composite and Short Fiber Calculator for calculating the elastic properties of short- and long-fiber-reinforced plastic types based on micromechanical models Estimation of weld line strengths Weldline Calculator for estimating weld line strength based on plastic type and weld line angle Permission and change management Permission and change management for created material cards for tracking and quality assurance |
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Supplement manufacturer-authorized material data with your own material data
Manufacturer-authorized material data
High-quality, manufacturer-authorized material data from various plastic resin suppliers, including Ascend, Barlog Plastics, EMS-Grivory, Envalior, Mocom, Radici, and Toray
Custom material data
You can enter your own material data.
Creating and using isotropic and anisotropic material cards
Predefined material cards
Isotropic and anisotropic predefined material cards for many commercially available plastic grades and FEA solvers (see the table of supported material models)
Easy creation of material cards
Easy, step-by-step creation of custom material cards, even if the database is incomplete
Multiscale modeling
Multiscale modeling of anisotropic orientation-dependent stiffness parameters using the Mori-Tanaka approach
Reconstruction of the orientation distribution
Reconstruction of the orientation distribution function using the maximum entropy approach
Anisotropic plasticity
Anisotropic plasticity is modeled using an orientation-dependent Hill yield function
Derivation of design limits for various load scenarios
Static design limits
Derivation of grade-specific static design limits for short-term single and repeated loads, as well as long-term loads
Cyclic design limits
Derivation of grade-specific S-N curves in the range of N = 10⁴ to 10⁷ for variable stress ratios
Data visualization
Static and cyclic data
Short-term and isochronous stress-strain curves, creep curves, S-N curves, Haigh diagram
Special representations
Design limits according to VDI 2016/Methods A & B and the SSK method; polar diagram illustrating the anisotropic properties of test specimens for short-fiber-reinforced plastic types; orientation profiles for material card preparation
Exporting material cards and workflows
Exporting Material Cards
Export of material cards for a variety of FEA solvers (see the table "Supported Material Property Tables")
Workflow for anisotropic FEA
Integration with Converse for the creation of component-specific anisotropic multiscale FE simulation models
Strength assessment workflow
Integration with S-Life Plastics for performing static and cyclic strength analyses
Raw data processing, data generation, calculation tools, user permissions
Reconstruction of stress-strain data
Reconstruction of complete stress-strain curves from single-point data (modulus of elasticity, yield/break stress and strain) using analytical methods
Raw data processing and validation
Curve-processing tools and plausibility checks for generating numerically valid material cards
Determination of the elastic properties of fiber-reinforced plastics
Composite and Short Fiber Calculator for calculating the elastic properties of short- and long-fiber-reinforced plastic types based on micromechanical models
Estimation of weld line strengths
Weldline Calculator for estimating weld line strength based on plastic type and weld line angle
Permission and change management
Permission and change management for created material cards for tracking and quality assurance
What our customers say
“Getting material data for simulation is often a challenge. With the help of MatScape, we can create meaningful material cards and evaluate component behavior even when the data is sparse.”
“We use MatScape as a database for our materials. The easy handling and useful functions have particularly convinced us here. Material cards can be created almost at the push of a button.”
“For our simulations, we use different material models. Also, a strength evaluation is required. MatScape provides the required functionalities for this, which gives us a great advantage.”
Benefits
MatScape helps you create high-quality material cards and design limits for simulation more easily, quickly, and transparently.
MatScape reduces
- Costs for material testing, since simulation-ready material cards are already included or can be generated even from incomplete existing material data
- Costs for running simulations (CPU time, license fees), since only optimized solver-specific material models are used
- Development time, since reliable conclusions can be drawn based on simulation results even in early development stages when extensive material testing is not yet feasible
- Component part and rework costs, since more accurate simulation results prevent over- or under-dimensioning
MatScape increases
- Accuracy of the simulation results, as relevant material properties (e.g., anisotropy) can be captured
- Reliability of simulation results, as material cards are created based on professional, standardized procedures
- Confidence in the simulation results, as the methods used are traceable and verifiable through open data handling (readable material cards)