This page identifies the features of
Helius PFA supported for each FEA tool and each material system. It also identifies which features and settings can be used together.
Platform Compatibility
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|
|
Abaqus/Standard
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Abaqus/Explicit
|
ANSYS
|
Autodesk Nastran
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|---|
| Settings
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Units
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Fiber Direction
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Flags
|
PFA
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Shear NL
|
X
|
|
X
|
X
|
| NLE Fiber
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Pressure Strengthening
|
X
|
|
X
|
X
|
| Temperature Dependence
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
| Cure Stress
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Damage Initiation Criteria
|
MCT
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| User
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Auxiliary
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Damage Evolution Criteria
|
Discrete (Instantaneous)
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| EBD
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| User
|
X
|
X
|
|
X
|
| Analysis Features
|
Damage Time Step
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Job Termination
|
X
|
|
|
|
| Element Deletion
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
| Progressive Fatigue
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
| Solve
|
Windows
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Linux
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
| Materials
|
Unidirectional
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Woven
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Cohesive
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Material Compatibility
|
|
|
Unidirectional
|
Woven
|
|
|---|
| Settings
|
Units
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Fiber Direction
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Flags
|
PFA
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Shear NL
|
X
|
X
|
|
| NLE Fiber
|
X
|
|
|
| Pressure Strengthening
|
X
|
|
|
| Temperature Dependence
|
X
|
|
|
| Cure Stress
|
X
|
|
|
| Damage Initiation Criteria
|
MCT
|
X
|
X
|
|
| User
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Max Stress
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Max Strain
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Tsai-Hill
|
X
|
|
|
| Tsai-Wu
|
X
|
|
|
| Christensen
|
X
|
|
|
| Hashin
|
X
|
|
|
| Puck
|
X
|
|
|
| LaRC02
|
X
|
|
|
| Damage Evolution Criteria
|
Discrete (Instantaneous)
|
X
|
X
|
|
| EBD
|
X
|
|
|
| User
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Analysis Features
|
Damage Time Step
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Job Termination
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Element Deletion
|
X
|
X
|
|
| Progressive Fatigue
|
X
|
X
|
|
|
|
|
Cohesive
|
|
|---|
| Damage Initiation Criteria
|
Max Traction
|
X
|
|
| Quadratic Traction
|
X
|
|
| Damage Evolution Criteria
|
Displacement
|
X
|
|
| EBD
|
X
|
|
| EBD - Mixed Mode, Power Law
|
X
|
|
Feature Compatibility
|
|
|
Flags
|
|---|
|
|
|
PFA
|
Shear NL
|
NLE Fiber
|
Pressure Strengthening
|
Temperature Dependence
|
Cure Stress
|
|---|
| Flags
|
PFA
|
N/A
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| Shear NL
|
X
|
N/A
|
|
X
|
|
X
|
| NLE Fiber
|
X
|
|
N/A
|
X
|
|
|
| Pressure Strengthening
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
N/A
|
|
X
|
| Temperature Dependence
|
X
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
X
|
| Cure Stress
|
X
|
X
|
|
X
|
X
|
N/A
|
| Damage Initiation Criteria
|
MCT
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| User
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
X
|
X
|
| Auxiliary
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
X
|
X
|
| Damage Evolution Criteria
|
Discrete (Instantaneous)
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
| EBD
|
X
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
X
|
| User
|
X
|
X
|
|
X
|
|
X
|
Note: Any combination of Damage Initiation Criteria and Damage Evolution Criteria may be used together.