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Find information about material data blocks in GRF files.
Material Models
HyperXtrude associates each component with a material. Each material is defined inside the material data block in the GRF file.
Workpiece Material Properties
The Workpiece material is used to describe the extrudate in metal extrusion. Typically, this material is applied to the components in the mesh that describe the negative volume created by the tool (such as, billet, pockets, feeder cavity, welding chamber, porthole etc.) Inside the user profile, we assign this material even to the boundary faces of the workpiece components. HyperXtrude supports the following constitutive models for metals:

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- What is Inspire Extrude Metal?
  Inspire Extrude Metal offers an analysis tool for virtual testing, validation, correction and optimization of extrusion die designs.
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- Extrusion Analysis
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- Reference
  Find information about material data blocks in GRF files.
  - Material Models
    HyperXtrude associates each component with a material. Each material is defined inside the material data block in the GRF file.
    - Assign Material properties
      This block of information is for assigning the material properties to each element MATID.This block also enables you to identify different regions of the mesh with a unique name so as to use it for post-processing or mesh adaptation. A single MATERIAL can be assigned to more than one MATID.
    - Fluid Material Properties
      The Fluid material type is a parameter used with the BEGIN MATERIAL data block.
    - Workpiece Material Properties
      The Workpiece material is used to describe the extrudate in metal extrusion. Typically, this material is applied to the components in the mesh that describe the negative volume created by the tool (such as, billet, pockets, feeder cavity, welding chamber, porthole etc.) Inside the user profile, we assign this material even to the boundary faces of the workpiece components. HyperXtrude supports the following constitutive models for metals:
      - Sine Hyperbolic Inverse Model
        The Sine Hyperbolic Inverse model is given by the following expression.
      - Metal Forming Power Law
        The generalized power law used in HyperXtrude is given by the following expression.
      - Norton-Hoff Model
        Temperature, strain, and strain rate dependent Norton-Hoff model used in HyperXtrude is given by the following expression.
      - Hensel Spittel Model
        Temperature, strain, and strain rate dependent Hensel Spittel model used in HyperXtrude is given by the following expression. It has a built-in temperature dependence in the equation and it is used all the time.
    - Polymer Material Properties
      HyperXtrude supports six different models to describe the constitutive behavior of polymers. The material models available in HyperXtrude are:
    - Solid Material Properties
      The Solid material type is a parameter used with the BEGIN MATERIAL data block. This material must be used when solving conjugate heat transfer problems.
    - Tool Material Properties
      The Tool material type is similar to the Solid material type and is a parameter used with the BEGIN MATERIAL data block. This material must be used when solving conjugate heat transfer problems. For Tool, HyperXtrude allows you to specify the conductivity in the form of diagonal tensor.
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Workpiece Material Properties

The Workpiece material is used to describe the extrudate in metal extrusion. Typically, this material is applied to the components in the mesh that describe the negative volume created by the tool (such as, billet, pockets, feeder cavity, welding chamber, porthole etc.) Inside the user profile, we assign this material even to the boundary faces of the workpiece components. HyperXtrude supports the following constitutive models for metals:

Inverse Sine Hyperbolic model
Metal Forming Power Law model
Norton-Hoff model
Hensel Spittel model

Workpiece Material Properties Data Types

The following table contains descriptions of data types for Workpiece material properties:


Variable Name	Value Type	Remarks
ConstitutiveModel	String in quotes	"SineHypInv" "PowerLaw" "TemDependentNortonHoff"
Density	Real (Constant)	Density of the fluid
SpecificHeat	Real(Constant/Function of Temp.)	Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION
Conductivity	Real (Constant/Function of Temp.)	Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION
CoeffOfThermalExpansion	Real (Constant)	Value per unit volume
SolidusTemperatureLiqidusTemeprature	Real (Constant) Real (Constant)	Friction coefficient decreases from its full value at Solidus Temperature to zero at LiqidusTemperature
Temperature Dependence	String in quotes	"None "Coefficient" "exp (Q/RT)" "Exp(-Beta(DeltaT))" "Exp(A1T+A2T^2)"
Amplitude ConstantY	Real (Constant/Function of Temp.)	Only for PowerLaw with "Coefficients" for Temperature Dependence
Other Data	Real (Constant)	Data specific to different material models is described in the following sections.