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2:00 PM EDT | Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | Check Your Time

Accurate failure prediction in fiber-reinforced polymers is often limited when standard FEA methods are applied without considering manufacturing effects. In this webinar, the advantages of process-informed simulation will be demonstrated, where molding data such as fiber orientation and weld line distribution are incorporated into the structural analysis. A fiber-reinforced polymer cover model will be used to illustrate how displacement, stress, plastic strain, and failure initiation are influenced when process conditions are accounted for. It will be shown that the inclusion of anisotropy and process-induced characteristics leads to significantly different structural behavior compared to conventional FEA. Through this comparison, the importance of integrating Moldex3D process outputs with Hexagon’s digital solutions, Digimat and Marc, will be highlighted, emphasizing how prediction consistency, understanding of material response, and simulation-driven design decisions can be improved while minimizing the need for physical prototyping.

What Attendees Will Learn?

• How fiber orientation and weld lines influence prediction accuracy
• The differences between standard and process-informed FEA results

Dr. Gourab Ghosh is a Technical Specialist in the Material Center of Excellence of Manufacturing Intelligence Division of Hexagon in Novi, Michigan, USA. Gourab has over twelve years of experience in research, analysis, and teaching of finite element analysis of composite structures, material modeling, computational mechanics, and structural health monitoring. He has expertise in damage mechanics and crack modeling, composite material modeling, nonlinear finite element analysis of structures, additive manufacturing of short fiber reinforced polymer parts, and reverse engineering to compute material properties. Dr. Ghosh has worked on multiple research projects sponsored by the US Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, the Boeing Company, to name a few. Gourab got his PhD from Vanderbilt University, USA, MS from IIT Kanpur, India, and BS from Jadavpur University, India. Before joining Hexagon, Gourab was working as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Purdue University, Composites Manufacturing and Simulation Center. Dr. Ghosh was a recipient of the prestigious University Graduate Fellowship at Vanderbilt University, and the Prof. ASR Sai Gold Medal at IIT Kanpur, among other awards.