Material Type ORTHO

This material is used to define orthotropic properties. Up to 14 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 Elastic Modulus, EY

3 Elastic Modulus, EZ

4 Thermal Expansion Coefficient, ALPX

5 Thermal Expansion Coefficient, ALPY

6 Thermal Expansion Coefficient, ALPZ

7 Poisson's Ratio, NUXY

8 Poisson's Ratio, NUYZ

9 Poisson's Ratio, NUXZ

10 Density, DENS

11 Shear Modulus, GXY

12 Shear Modulus, GYZ

13 Shear Modulus, GXZ

14 Damping parameter, DAMP

Example FEMGEN Command:

PROPERTY MATERIAL ORTHO MAT1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Corresponding ANSYS Input Deck, for elements:

PLANE42 		 PLANE83
C*** NAME=MAT1 		 C*** NAME=MAT1 
MP,  EX,   1,  1.000000 		 MP,  EX,   1,  1.000000 
MP,  EY,   1,  2.000000 		 MP,  EY,   1,  2.000000 
MP,  EZ,   1,  3.000000 		 MP,  EZ,   1,  3.000000 
MP,NUXY,   1,  7.000000 		 MP,NUXY,   1,  7.000000 
MP,NUYZ,   1,  8.000000 		 MP,NUYZ,   1,  8.000000 
MP,NUXZ,   1,  9.000000 		 MP,NUXZ,   1,  9.000000 
MP,ALPX,   1,  4.000000 		 MP,ALPX,   1,  4.000000 
MP,ALPY,   1,  5.000000 		 MP,ALPY,   1,  5.000000 
MP,ALPZ,   1,  6.000000 		 MP,ALPZ,   1,  6.000000 
MP,DENS,   1,  10.00000 		 MP,DENS,   1,  10.00000 
MP, GXY,   1,  11.00000 		 MP, GXY,   1,  11.00000 
MP,DAMP,   1,  14.00000 		 MP, GYZ,   1,  12.00000
		 MP, GXZ,   1,  13.00000
		 MP,DAMP,   1,  14.00000