polyurethane foam

[vaibhavnirgude]

i want to simulate foam model for crushing analysis
i would like to know ogden model is preferrable for material nonlinearit property in ANSYS, any budy can help regarding the required parameter in ogden model for simulation such as μ, α, d

[Jorgen]

Polyurethane foam is such a broad class of materials that can have very different material properties. If you haven't, I recomment that you perform some experiments on your foam to find out its actual behavior, and then use that data to calibrate a suitable material model.

- Jorgen

[vaibhavnirgude]

sir
we are interested in performing crushing analysis of foam
foam is provided as insulation on a buried pipeline
for foam material simulation i am using plane 182 element and Ogden model
is it ok?

[Jorgen]

I don't see anything fundamentally wrong with that :cool: