Altair Material Modeler
Generating accurate material properties can be a time-consuming process, Altair Material Modeler (AMM) is a sophisticated modeling software that efficiently processes material data from testing to generate simulation-ready material cards for analyzing the nonlinear behavior of bulk materials as well as the various physical properties of materials, such as polymers and elastomers, used in the manufacture of modern products.
AMM streamlines the material data transformation process through an intuitive workflow that supports multiple mathematical models for curve fitting and extrapolation. The software has advanced capabilities, such as creating strain-rate dependent curves and temperature dependent elastic moduli, fitting shear viscosity and specific volume to known models, defining failure criteria, and running validation simulations for elastoplastic. Generating simulation-ready material cards supports implicit and explicit mechanical codes as well as various manufacturing simulation codes, making AMM suitable for multi-physics simulations.
AMM significantly reduces the time and costs of creating and processing high-quality material data and simulation inputs for computer-aided engineering (CAE) applications. Integrated with Altair Material Data Center, users can easily share material data across their organization.
Requirements:
The Material Modeler utilizes an OML-based API and requires Altair Compose version 2024 or higher. The use of Multiscale Designer for forward characterization of composites with short fibers and validation simulations for elastoplastic characterization requires the use of HyperWorks Solvers 2023 or higher.
Material Modeler Highlights:
Elastoplastic Material Modeling: AMM provides advanced capabilities for characterizing complex material behaviors beyond simple linear elastic models. With its sophisticated algorithms and intuitive interface, users can seamlessly create, validate, and deploy material models that enable precise simulations of nonlinear phenomena like plasticity and failure mechanics across various industrial applications.
Hyperelastic Material Modeling: Tailored specifically for modeling hyperelastic materials, AMM delivers unparalleled precision in capturing the complex responses of elastomers. It fits seamlessly into standard tests such as uniaxial tension and compression, equibiaxial, pure shear, and volumetric testing.
Polymer Material Modeling: AMM offers a comprehensive suite of data-fitting tools for polymers in a cohesive environment. It is designed to cater to applications ranging from injection molding to temperature-dependent structural simulations. With its emphasis on versatility, AMM empowers users to navigate the complexities of polymer material behavior in thermo-mechanical analyses, facilitating informed decisions across various manufacturing and structural domains, including extrusion and simulation leveraging heterogeneous anisotropic behavior of fiber filled polymers using short fiber multiscale modeling.
Multiscale Designer: The application merges the modeling, simulation/testing, uncertainty quantification, and optimization of composite materials/structures at multiple spatial and temporal scales.