Material Type ISO

This isotropic material is used for linear structural procedures. Up to six values may be input in the order shown in the table below. Zero can be used for non defined arguments; the interface program will only generate the material data required for the element.

Argument(s) Meaning

1 Elastic Modulus, EX

2 Thermal Expansion Coefficient, ALPX

3 Poisson's Ratio, NUXY

4 Density, DENS

5 Shear Modulus, GXY

6 Damping parameter, DAMP

Example FEMGEN Command:

PROPERTY MATERIAL ISO MAT1 1 2 3 4 5 6

Corresponding ANSYS Input Deck, for element PIPE16:

  
C*** NAME=MAT1    
MP,  EX,   1,  1.000000    
MP,ALPX,   1,  2.000000    
MP,NUXY,   1,  3.000000    
MP,DENS,   1,  4.000000    
MP, GXY,   1,  5.000000    
MP,DAMP,   1,  6.000000

Corresponding ANSYS Input Deck, for element LINK1:

   
C*** NAME=MAT1    
MP,  EX,   1,  1.000000    
MP,ALPX,   1,  2.000000    
MP,DENS,   1,  4.000000    
MP,DAMP,   1,  6.000000