/MAT/LAW88

Block Format Keyword This law represents the behavior of a hyperelastic material with strain rate effects. This law is generally used to model incompressible rubbers, polymers, foams, and elastomers. It is defined by a family of stress versus strain curves at different strain rates.

Unloading can be represented using an unloading function or by providing hysteresis and shape factor inputs to a damage model based on energy. This law is only compatible with solid elements.

Format

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
/MAT/LAW88/mat_ID/unit_ID
mat_title
ρ i                
ν K Fcut Fsmooth NL    
fct_IDunL   FscaleunL Hys Shape Tension  
If NL > 0, define NL functions per line
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
fct_IDLi   FscaleLi ε ˙ L i        

Definition

Field Contents SI Unit Example
mat_ID Material identifier.

(Integer, maximum 10 digits)

 
unit_ID (Optional) Unit Identifier.

(Integer, maximum 10 digits)

 
mat_title Material title.

(Character, maximum 100 characters)

 
ρ i Initial density.

(Real)

[ kg m 3 ]
ν Poisson ratio.

For incompressible materials 0.495 is maximum value.

Default = 0.495 (Real)

 
K Bulk modulus.

(Real)

[ Pa ]
Fcut Cutoff frequency for strain rate filtering.

Default = 1030 (Real)

[Hz]
Fsmooth Smooth strain rate option flag.
= 0 (Default)
No strain rate smoothing.
= 1
Strain rate smoothing active.

(Integer)

 
NL Number of loading stress strain curve.

(Integer)

 
fctunL Unloading engineering stress versus engineering strain function identifier. 3

(Integer)

 
FscaleunL Unloading function scale factor.

Default = 1.0 (Real)

[ Pa ]
Hys Hysteresis unloading factor. Ignore if, unloading function is used. 3

0.0 ≤ Hys ≤ 1.0

Default = 0.0 (Real)

 
Shape Shape factor. Ignored if, unloading function is used. 3

Default = 1.0 (Real)

 
Tension Unloading rate effects option flag. 4
= -2
Unloading curve is used and should have a closed loop (both and compression and tensile) with the quasi-static loading curve. There is no strain rate dependency for this formulation.
= -1 or 1
Unloading curve is used if fct_IDunL is defined. Otherwise, Hys and Shape parameters are used.
= 0 (Default)
Set to 1.

Otherwise, the quasi-static loading curve is used for unloading.

(Integer)

 
fct_IDLi Loading function identifier defining engineering stress versus engineering strain for ith strain rate function.

(Integer)

 
ε ˙ L i Strain rate for ith loading engineering stress versus engineering strain function.

(Real)

[ 1 s ]
FscaleLi Scale factor for ith loading function.

Default = 1.0 (Real)

[ Pa ]

Example (Rubber)

#RADIOSS STARTER
#---1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|----8----|----9----|---10----|
/UNIT/1
unit for mat
                  kg                  mm                  ms
#---1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|----8----|----9----|---10----|
#-  2. MATERIALS:
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/MAT/LAW88/1/1
rubber
#              RHO_I        
                1E-6 		
#                 NU                   K               F_cut  F_smooth       N_L      
                .495               19.93                   0                   1
#fctID_Unl                 Fscale_unload                 HYs               Shape   Tension     
         1                            1.                  0.                  0.         0
#fctID_l                     Fscale_load          Eps_._load
         1                            1.                  0.
#---1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|----8----|----9----|---10----|
/FUNCT/1
function 1
#                  X                   Y
           -8.51E-01           -3.55E+01	
           -7.76E-01           -1.10E+01	
           -7.02E-01           -4.83E+00	
           -6.01E-01           -2.06E+00	
           -5.00E-01           -1.05E+00	
           -4.05E-01           -5.98E-01	
           -3.04E-01           -3.33E-01	
            0.00E+00            0.00E+00	
            4.05E-01            1.53E-01	
            8.50E-01            2.37E-01
#---1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|----8----|----9----|---10----|
#ENDDATA
#---1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|----8----|----9----|---10----|

Comments

  1. This model utilizes an Ogden material formulation. Material parameters are directly derived from the input stress strain curves from uniaxial tests for different strain rates. The material is assumed to be nearly incompressible with Poisson’s ratio = 0.495.
  2. Strain rate effects can be modeled by including loading engineering stress strain test data at different strain rates fct_IDLi. This can be easier than calculating viscous parameters for traditional hyperelastic material models. When using stress strain curves at different strain rates, the following suggestions are recommended:
    • The stress strain curve should be monotonic increasing and smooth. The derivative of the stress strain curve should be smooth.
    • Enable strain rate smoothing by defining, Fsmooth =1 with Fcut =500 Hz.
  3. Unloading can be represented using an unloading function, FscaleunL, or by providing hysteresis, Hys, and shape factor, Shape, inputs to a damage model based on energy.
    • The unloading behavior does not consider the strain rate dependency.
    • Unloading hysteresis stress is computed from the quasi-static behavior with:(1)
      σ = ( 1 D ) σ
      with(2)
      D = ( 1 H y s ) ( 1 ( W c u r W max ) S h a p e )
    Where,
    W c u r
    Current energy
    W max
    Maximum energy corresponding to the quasi-static behavior
  4. The loading and unloading curves are defined with positive stress and strain in tensile and negative stress and strain in compression.
    The following curves are needed according to Tension flag:
    • Tension = -1, 0, or 1


      Figure 1.
    • Tension = -2


      Figure 2.
    • Tension = other value


      Figure 3.
  5. /VISC/PRONY can be used with this material law to include viscous effects.