The recent eSeminar by Texas University is now live. This eSeminar discusses a custom approach developed to enable SIMULIA analysis of radiating bodies experiencing large-scale deformations as a result of thermal evolutions. The application is the development of self-regulating variable-geometry radiators for manned spacecraft, whereby the inherent non-linear thermal-mechanical coupling of shape memory alloys provides the underlying morphing mechanism. The use of UMATs, custom Python scripting, automated restart analysis, and a number of other advanced SIMULIA topics were leveraged for this research effort and will be discussed. Developments motivate the consideration of a possible SIMULIA enhancement for future releases.
