Firehole Products
Partner Products
"Firehole offers one of the most impressive and unique methods of composite evaluation we've seen - Helius:MCT™ - a product that lets us see exactly how composites perform under extreme loads. Tools like this allow us to maximize performance and optimize weight while still maintaining safety margins."
Mark Bishop
Senior Design Engineer
Farr Yacht Design
"A simple, robust and predictive simulation tool, able to accurately identify the failure and the post-failure behavior of general composite structure was an analyst's dream until now. The innovative Firehole multi-scale approach provides an outstanding value to our customers because of its proven effectiveness and sound physical basis."
Simone Ragionieri,
SmartCAE General Manager
"Helius:MCT provides a unique and powerful analysis toolset. The integration with ABAQUS is seamless and user-friendly. The increased resolution of material failure mechanisms results in the ability to more efficiently optimize composite structures."
Christopher T. Key
Applied Technologies Group,
Hi-Test Laboratories, Inc.
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Announcing Helius:MCT v 4.0
Converging on Delamination
With its exclusive implementation of the Intelligent Discrete Softening Method (IDSM), Helius:MCT has demonstrated an ability to alleviate convergence issues and significantly reduce simulation time for intralaminar progressive failure analysis. Helius:MCT v4.0, now extends this IDSM convergence technology to interlaminar problems.
Helius:MCT Cohesive Benefits:
- Delivers a complete solution for both in-plane and out-of-plane composite simulation.
- Reduces delamination/debond simulation time as much as 90% compared to competing cohesive technology.
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Taking on Mesh Dependency
Can you be certain that your progressive failure solution does not differ with varying mesh sizes? Analysts often have to be concerned that FE simulation results (failure progression, ultimate loads) may vary widely depending on element mesh size.
Helius:MCT v4.0 addresses this problem by incorporating an energy-based damage law that significantly reduces this sensitivity. It allows the property degradation to change proportionally to element size, thereby conserving total energy during damage evolution.
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