Designing, Optimizing and Simulating the Mechanical Properties of Composite Lattice Reinforced Plastics With FEA

Recent advances in thermoplastic composite manufacturing have resulted in the development of hybrid overmolded composite structures, combining continuous fiber composites with injection or compression molded compounds; however, standard FEA techniques developed for isotropic materials and ply-based composites do not accurately capture the physical properties and material behavior of these hybrid materials.