Materials and Properties

Supported materials are summarized within this section.

This page discusses:

Supported Materials

The following materials are supported: MAT1, MAT2, MAT3, MAT4, MAT5, MAT8, MAT9, MAT10, MATHE, MATHED, MATHP, MATORT, MATS1, MATTEP, MATTG, MATTHE, MATTi

Important:

For topology optimization, only MAT1, MAT2, MAT8 and MAT9 are allowed for the design elements. The full constitutive matrix for MAT2, MAT8 and MAT9 is scaled in topology optimization.

Supported Properties

The following properties are supported: PBAR, PBCOMB, PBEAM, PBEAML, PBEND, PBMSECT, PBRSECT, PBUSH, PBUSH1D, PCOMP, PDAMP, PDAMP5, PDUMi, PELAS, PGAP, PSHEAR, PSHELL

Important:

  • In topology optimization, the PSHELL cards assigned to the design elements are duplicated and modified. If the original PSHELL card contains the property definitions MAT2, MAT3, and MAT4 in addition to the essential number MAT1, these will be ignored if they are different from MAT1. All materials will be allocated the same number as the required MAT1 in a duplicated PSHELL card.
  • PCOMP might only be used with one material for topology optimization - the directions of this single material might of course vary.