Composite Data Management Project Enters Phase II

The Material Data Management Consortium (MDMC) announced that its Composite Data Management project has entered Phase II. The project is targeted at enabling effective management of composite materials information, providing support for organizations that use innovative composite materials.

The announcement was made at the JEC Americas Show, where MDMC member Granta Design demonstrated the software tools that resulted from Phase I.

In Phase I of the project, members of the MDMC's Composites Subcommittee (which include Boeing, GE Aviation, Honeywell, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Rolls-Royce, and others) guided design of a database structure to capture the complex interconnected data needed to characterize composite materials. They also specified requirements for tools to help them apply this information traceably and securely within their organizations. Granta Design used these findings to develop composite data management templates and tools within its materials information management system, GRANTA MI.

Five areas were identified where composites pose a particular data management challenge: ensuring traceability, capturing complex interrelationships, handling anisotropy, maintaining additional variables, and capturing processing information.

For more information, visit Granta Design and the Material Data Management Consortium.

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