I have a customer who is using a plastic with a sort of carbon fiber fill material in various injection molded parts. The material is well characterized and quite orthotropic (anisotropic). They want to run FEA on these parts, but I don't have experience running FE simulations on orthotropic...
I did a search and didn't come up with much, so if I'm asking a FAQ, please point me in the right direction.
What is the best practice for sizing parts in an assembly?
Say you have 2 parts, one goes inside of another. Specifically in my case 2 sheet metal parts that get welded together...
OK, I'll start this off with an apology, as I know this is a basic issue. I will also state that I have searched, both here and google with no real success. I suspect I can find the answer in the machinery handbook, however, I am off site and cannot get to one easily. (Is there an online...
