Advanced Composite Design for High-Performance Applications

Composite materials are increasingly being used across industries like automotive, aerospace, and defense due to their exceptional strength-to-weight ratio and ability to withstand harsh conditions. However, designing composites requires specialized tools to optimize material usage, ensure structural integrity, and meet performance standards. Advanced composite design involves not only selecting the right materials but also creating complex geometries and integrating them into production processes that can yield maximum efficiency and performance.

Leveraging advanced simulation and design tools, manufacturers can ensure that composites meet the necessary performance criteria, while optimizing cost, weight, and production timelines. Using CATIA, SIMULIA, and DELMIA, designers can create innovative, lightweight, and high-performance composite components, while seamlessly transitioning from design to manufacturing. This integrated approach ensures the reliability and quality of composite structures, enabling companies to meet the demands of next-generation applications in industries such as automotive, aerospace, drones, and defense.

Benefits

Optimized Material Usage

Design composites that use materials efficiently, reducing waste and production costs

Enhanced Performance

Achieve superior strength-to-weight ratios, improving overall product performance and efficiency

Seamless Transition from Design to Manufacturing

Integrate design with manufacturing processes to reduce lead times and improve product consistency

Improved Durability

Create composite structures that perform reliably under extreme conditions, increasing product longevity

Reduced Development Time

Accelerate the design-to-manufacturing process with advanced tools for simulation and optimization

Cost Reduction

Minimize material costs and production inefficiencies while maintaining high performance and quality standards

What We Offer?

CATIA is a powerful tool used extensively in the design of composite structures for industries such as automotive, aerospace, drones, and defense. It provides comprehensive capabilities for composite material design, allowing engineers to define and optimize the geometry, fiber orientation, and material properties required for high-performance applications. With CATIA, manufacturers can simulate how materials behave under stress and strain, ensuring that composite components will perform under real-world conditions. The software’s advanced multi-material design capabilities allow for the efficient integration of composite materials with other materials like metals, facilitating the design of hybrid structures that optimize performance, weight, and cost.

CATIA also integrates seamlessly with simulation tools like SIMULIA to conduct in-depth stress analysis, thermal simulations, and fatigue testing, providing critical insights before physical prototyping begins. This not only reduces the time spent on physical testing but also ensures that designs are optimized for lightweighting, durability, and cost-effectiveness in automotive and aerospace composite applications.

SIMULIA offers state-of-the-art composite simulation tools that enable engineers to validate the performance of composite materials under various mechanical, thermal, and environmental conditions. With advanced finite element analysis (FEA) and multiphysics simulation, SIMULIA helps predict how composite materials will behave in real-world scenarios, ensuring that designs are both strong and lightweight. For industries like automotive, aerospace, and defense, where reliability and performance are paramount, SIMULIA allows for detailed analysis of stress distribution, fatigue life, and thermal expansion, enabling manufacturers to optimize their designs for maximum efficiency.

Whether simulating a composite structure under extreme conditions or evaluating the impact of manufacturing processes on material properties, SIMULIA ensures that composite parts meet stringent performance standards. Its ability to simulate complex material behaviors, including failure modes, delamination, and fatigue, ensures that manufacturers can avoid costly mistakes and produce parts that are not only lightweight but also durable and safe in demanding applications.

DELMIA is a powerful solution for composite manufacturing and process optimization, designed to bring composite designs into real-world production. By simulating the entire production process, DELMIA helps manufacturers plan, optimize, and execute composite part manufacturing with precision. It provides tools for material layup optimization, tool path simulation, and manufacturing resource management, allowing companies to minimize material waste and reduce cycle times while maintaining product quality.

For industries such as aerospace and automotive, where precision in manufacturing is essential, DELMIA helps ensure that composite parts are produced with the highest levels of accuracy and consistency. Its integration with CATIA and SIMULIA allows for a seamless transition from design to manufacturing, ensuring that every part produced meets the specifications set during the design and simulation phases. By managing the entire lifecycle of composite production—from material selection to the final product—DELMIA improves production efficiency, reduces operational costs, and accelerates time-to-market.