Compatibility
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.
| | | ANSYS | Autodesk Inventor Nastran |
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| Settings | Units | X | X |
| Fiber Direction | X | X |
| Flags | PFA | X | X |
| Shear NL | X | X |
| NLE Fiber | X | X |
| Pressure Strengthening | X | X |
| Temperature Dependence | X | |
| Cure Stress | X | |
| Damage Initiation Criteria | MCT | X | X |
| User | X | X |
| Auxiliary | X | X |
| Damage Evolution Criteria | Discrete (Instantaneous) | X | X |
| EBD | X | X |
| User | | X |
| Analysis Features | Progressive Fatigue | X | |
| Solve | Windows | X | X |
| Materials | Unidirectional | X | X |
| Woven | X | X |
| Cohesive | 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 | 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 |
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| | | PFA | Shear NL | NLE Fiber | Pressure Strengthening | Temperature Dependence | Cure Stress |
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| 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.
