Designate Casting Part

Select the casting parts and define the material, alloy, and temperature.

Note: You need to select a casting part before performing any other operation.

Click the Casting tab.
On the Cast Part icon, click Designate Casting Part.
Click one or more parts.
The selected parts are displayed in red.
Use the microdialog options to define the material, alloy, and temperature.
Right-click and mouse through the check mark to exit, or double-right-click.

Microdialog Options

Define the material, alloy, and temperature of the casting parts.


Option		Description
Material Viewer		Click to examine the material's Fluid, Thermal, Phase-Change, Mechanical, and Advanced Mechanical properties.
Material		Select from common ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
Alloy		Select from common alloys of the chosen material.
Temperature		Enter the temperature of the material.

Materials Database

Select a material and an alloy for the casting parts and examine its Fluid, Thermal, Phase-Change, Mechanical, and Advanced-Mechanical properties.


Option		Description
Material Group		Select from common ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
Material Name		Select from common alloys of the chosen material.
Material Nomenclature		Select from EN, ISO, ASTM, or JIS standard for material nomenclature.


Property	Description
Fluid	Dynamic Viscosity The graph represents the resistance of the fluid to deformation (Pa·s).
Thermal	Density The mass divided by the volume (Kg/m³). Specific Heat The heat energy required to increase the temperature of a unit quantity (J/Kg·K). Conductivity The material's ability to conduct heat (W/m·K). Environment HTC The Heat Transfer Coefficient with the environment (W/m²·K).
Phase-Change	Latent Heat The amount of energy in the form of heat release (J/Kg). Liquidus Temp The temperature above which the material is completely liquid (ºC). Solidus Temp The temperature below which the material is completely solid (ºC). Volumetric Shrinkage The decrease in volume of an alloy as a ratio when it changes from liquid to solid state. Solid Fraction The graph shows thermal evolution of the alloy during solidification.
Mechanical	Poisson Ratio Poisson's ratio is the ratio of lateral and longitudinal strain when subjected to uniaxial stress. Thermal Expansion Coefficient The thermal expansion coefficient describes the extent of changes in the size of the object due to variation in temperature. Units: 1/K Yield Stress Specifies the stress point at which the material deformation changes from elastic to plastic. Units: Pa Young Modulus Young's modulus of a material is a measure of the resistance of the material to deformation when subjected to stress. It is a measure of stiffness of the material. Units: Pa
Advanced-Mechanical	Note: Most users will not need to modify a material's Advanced-Mechanical properties. Linear Hardening Coefficient The liner hardening coefficient is the parameter that controls how the yield surface evolves once plastification is achieved. If we define the yield surface as: where q_h is the isotropic hardening, and: in our formulation where ξis the plastic strain and h is the linear hardening coefficient (recall that h>0 means hardening, h<0 means softening, and h=0 means perfect plasticity), then: The thermal strain due to temperature changes can be computed as: where e_pc is the volumetric shrinkage due to the phase change that is not considered in the thermal expansion coefficient α, so usually it will be 0. Plastic Viscosity Along with Rate Sensitivity, this parameter controls the overstress evolution in a Norton-Hoff ViscoElastoplastic model. Rate Sensitivity Along with Plastic Viscosity, this parameter controls the overstress evolution in a Norton-Hoff ViscoElastoplastic model. Pc Strain This is the phase change strain the material undergoes when changing from liquid to solid, and takes into account changes in both temperature and molecular structure . Minimum solid fraction yield surface This is a correction parameter. If it is set to 1.0, no correction is performed and the original material properties are used. Minimum solid fraction material properties This is a correction parameter. If it is set to 1.0, no correction is performed and the original material properties are used.

Create Material

Customize a material and add it to My Materials.

Select an alloy to customize.
Click Edit.
Edit the Thermal, Fluid, or Phase-Change properties.
Enter a New Material Name and click Save.
Click Select to use this material.

Import Material

Import a material from Jmat Pro

Click to open the Materials window.
Click the Import button.
Browse for the appropriate Jmat Pro file on your computer. Open the file.

Note: A warning message appears. This is expected. Click OK to continue.
In the Materials window, click the Mechanical tab. Enter the yield stress data from your Jmat Pro file in the fields.
Enter a name for your material in the New Material Name field.
Click Save.
Right-click and mouse through the check mark to exit, or double-right-click.

The imported material will apear under the My Materials tab in the Materials window.