/MAT/LAW54 (PREDIT)

Block Format Keyword This law describes the predit material. This material law is only used with /PROP/TYPE36 (PREDIT).

Format

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
/MAT/LAW54/mat_ID/unit_ID or /MAT/PREDIT/mat_ID/unit_ID
mat_title
ρi
E ν
fct_ID A B N Fscaleyld
AY AZ BY BZ CX
Dc RC εmax

Definition

Field Contents SI Unit Example
mat_ID Material identifier

(Integer, maximum 10 digits)

unit_ID Unit Identifier

(Integer, maximum 10 digits)

mat_title Material title

(Character, maximum 100 characters)

ρi Initial density

(Real)

[kgm3]
E Young's modulus

(Real)

[Pa]
ν Poisson's ratio

(Real)

fct_ID Hardening parameter function identifier (optional).
= 0
LAW2 is used and coefficients A, B and N are read.

(Integer)

A Hardening parameter yield coefficient A.

(Real)

B Hardening parameter yield coefficient B.

(Real)

N Hardening parameter yield coefficient N.

(Real)

Fscaleyld Yield function scale factor.

Default = 1.0 (Real)

[Pa]
AY Y shear coefficient of component yield.

(Real)

AZ Z shear coefficient of component yield.

(Real)

BY Y moment coefficient of component yield.

(Real)

BZ Z moment coefficient of component yield.

(Real)

CX X torsion coefficient of component yield.

(Real)

Dc Critical damage

(Real)

RC Critical failure

(Real)

εmax Damage strain limit

(Real)

Example (Steel)

Comments

  1. Scale factor is only used for fct_ID; otherwise /MAT/LAW36 (PLAS_TAB) is used.