In this problem all the members of the frame are made of steel and assumed
to be linear elastic with Young's modulus of 200 GPa and Poisson's ratio of
0.3. Thus, you will create a single linear elastic material with these
properties.
In the
Model Tree,
double-click the Materials container to create a new
material.
Abaqus/CAE
switches to the
Property module,
and the Edit Material dialog box appears.
Name the material Steel.
Use the menu bar under the browser area of the material editor to
reveal menus containing all the available material options. Some of the menu
items contain submenus; for example,
Figure 1
shows the options available under the
MechanicalElasticity
menu item. When you select a material option, the appropriate data entry form
appears below the menu.
Figure 1. Submenus available under the
MechanicalElasticity
menu.
From the material editor's menu bar, select
MechanicalElasticityElastic.
Abaqus/CAE
displays the Elastic data form.
Type a value of 200.0E9 for Young's
modulus and a value of 0.3 for Poisson's ratio
in the respective fields. Use Tab or move the cursor to a new
cell and click to move between cells.
