Comprehensive Simulation-Ready Materials Data

Our database of over 2,600 simulation-ready materials formatted for your needs. Directly embedded within your Ansys Flagship Simulation Solvers. Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Electronics Desktop, Ansys Fluent, Ansys Discovery and Ansys Motor-CAD.

Complete and comparable data in MaterialUniverse® for all main classes of commercially available engineering materials – metals, plastics, composites, ceramics, natural materials and more. Includes all relevant main material property classes for all materials – mechanical, electrical, physical, thermal, impact, magnetic, optical, durability, environmental, processing, price and more. Includes all engineering materials from Materials Data for Simulation plus thousands more.

Also includes the JAHM Curve Data table with simulation-ready temperature-dependent and other non-linear data for over 14,000 materials.

Extensive supplier-grade materials property data for over 100,000 polymers and 150,000 additives from UL Prospector. Supplemented with a range of simulation-ready non-linear data.

Alloy equivalency and technical simulation-ready property data from 40+ countries and international bodies in our Global Metal Specifications table, over 90,000 records.

Design data for boiler and pressure vessels in our ASME BPVC table, long duration creep and fatigue performance data in our NIMS table and test data on multiple grades of sheet steel, (including high strain rate testing) in Sheet Steels. Powder forged and MIM grades in Powder Metallurgy table

Authoritative simulation-ready aerospace design data from the MMPDS handbook – over 2,600+ records of design allowable properties for alloys and 400+ metal / fastener combinations.

Also included is specialist data on relevant coatings and their properties.

In-depth data on composite materials and their properties. Includes authoritative test data from MIL-Handbook-17, properties of commercially available composite materials in Global Composites (including constituent parts) and traceable composites data from the NCAMP and AGATE research projects in our Composites QED table.

9000+ simulation-ready records of manufacturer materials for electromagnetic applications at low and high frequency. Printed circuit board materials, soft and permanent magnetic materials and polymeric materials with frequency-dependent and magnetic response data. Includes all electromagnetic materials from Materials Data for Simulation, plus thousands more.

A combined package of materials, restricted substances, regulations, critical materials and sustainability data to support our Restricted Substances and Sustainability solutions – determining restricted substances content and risk in your products and assessing product environmental impact at early stages of design. 

Detailed simulation-ready temperature-dependent mechanical, thermal, creep, fatigue and fracture data on multiple alloys for usage in high temperature applications. Includes steels, stainless steels, nickel and cobalt alloys and cast irons at temperatures up to 1093°C (2000°F).

Comprehensive supplier-grade data on additive manufacturing machines and compatible materials (covering all main classes of material suitable for additive manufacturing), plus in-depth test data on commercially manufactured nickel and titanium based alloys.

Trusted and verified information on an array of medical materials data in ASM Medical Materials including cardiovascular, orthopedic, neurological and surgical applications

Human Biological Materials also provides mechanical properties of human tissues such as bone, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, circulatory and dental tissues.

Authoritative simulation-ready design data from the ESDU MMDH for European aerospace applications. Over 3,000 datasheets of materials in various forms, thicknesses and statistical basis.