See how the solution we’ve developed is not only more robust than general purpose FEA codes, but also more accurate as it realistically captures the failure progression of a composite!

Download Abaqus ODBs and link to movies and see the superior results and Ease of Use available with Helius:MCT™:

• Abaqus ODB: Space Structure (Warning: 18 MB file)

Videos From recent Webinars:

For optimal viewing quality, please view these videos in high-definition by clicking on the "HD" button located in the lower right side of the video player.

• Helius Material Manager User Interface (GUI)
• Helius:MCT User Interface (GUI) within Abaqus/Standard
• ISA Progressive Failure
• CASPAR Progressive Failure
• Helius:MCT GUI in ANSYS
• Post-processing a Helius:MCT analysis in ANSYS

Additional Progressive Failure Videos:

• Open Holed Composite Specimen - View #1
• Open Holed Composite Specimen - View #2

• Using Abaqus Crushable Foam Material to Model Honeycomb Cores
• Weapon Barrel Case Study
• OptimizingSpacecraft Design
• BetterPressure Vessels with Composites
• Composite Progressive Failure With Multiscale Analysis

• Experimental Validation of Helius:MCT — WWFE
• Progressive Failure of Composites Made Easy
• MCT Multi-scale Material Characterization Process
• Fatigue Life Prediction in Composite Materials

The technology behind Helius:MCT™ has been under continuous development for years and is well documented in numerous journals and technical publications. A select few references are listed below. Because of copyright restrictions, some of the links below will take you to 3rd party journal sites.

• Composites Analysis: Making New Choices / An engineering and designguide to choosing software for working with today’s composite materials.
  Desktop Engineering, March 2, 2009
  Pamela J. Waterman
• Recent Advances in Failure Predictions of Composite Laminates UsingMulticontinuum Technology
  Presented at the 49th AIAA SDM Conference, Schaumburg, Illinois: 2008.
  E. Nelson, A. Hansen, J. Welsh, and J. Mayes
• Progressive failure predictions for rib-stiffened panels based onmulticontinuum technology
  Composite Structures, Volume 65, Issues 3-4, September 2004, Pages 357-366
  Christopher T. Key, Mark R. Garnich, Andrew C. Hansen
• Recent Biaxial Test Results of Laminated Composites and AnalyticalMCT Predictions
  Presented at SAMPE 2004 - Long Beach, CA May 16 - 20, 2004
  Jeffry S. Welsh and J. Steven Mayes
• Composite laminate failure analysis using multicontinuum theory
  Composites Science and Technology, Volume 64, Issues 3-4, March 2004, Pages 379-394
  J. Steven Mayes, Andrew C. Hansen
• A multicontinuum theory for structural analysis of composite materialsystems
  Composites Engineering, Volume 5, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1091-1103
  Andrew C. Hansen, Mark R. Garnich