Defining crush stress velocity factor

You can specify the influence of the approach velocity at a crushing interface on a material's resistance to crushing.

  1. Create a material model as described in Defining a crush stress model.
  2. From the Suboptions menu in the Edit Material dialog box, select Velocity Factor.
    A Suboption Editor appears.
  3. Enter the following data in the Data table:

    Scaling factor
    Scaling factor.
    Relative velocity
    Relative velocity between the two surfaces.

    For detailed information on how to enter data, see Entering tabular data.

  4. Click OK to return to the Edit Material dialog box.