Material object

A Material object is the object used to specify a material. The Material object stores the various settings that determine how a material behaves.

A material is created by combining one or more individual material options and sub options. A particular material option is associated with the Material object through a member. For example: the acousticMedium member may contain an AcousticMedium object. The alternative of having a MaterialOption abstract base class and a container of MaterialOptions was rejected because it would make it more difficult to enforce the fact that one Material object cannot contain two AcousticMedium objects, for example.

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Access

materialApi.materials()[name]

Material(...)

This method creates a Material object.

Path

materialApi.Material

Prototype

odb_Material&
Material(const odb_String& name,
         const odb_String& description,
         const odb_String& materialIdentifier);

Required arguments

name

An odb_String specifying the name of the new material.

Optional arguments

description

An odb_String specifying user description of the material. The default value is an empty string.

materialIdentifier

An odb_String specifying material identifier for customer use. The default value is an empty string.

Return value

A Material object.

Exceptions

InvalidNameError.

Members

The Material object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the Material method.

In addition, the Material object can have the following members:

Prototype

odb_AcousticMedium acousticMedium() const;
odb_BrittleCracking brittleCracking() const;
odb_CapPlasticity capPlasticity() const;
odb_CastIronPlasticity castIronPlasticity() const;
odb_ClayPlasticity clayPlasticity() const;
odb_Concrete concrete() const;
odb_ConcreteDamagedPlasticity concreteDamagedPlasticity() const;
odb_Conductivity conductivity() const;
odb_Creep creep() const;
odb_CrushableFoam crushableFoam() const;
odb_DamageInitiation ductileDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation fldDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation flsdDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation johnsonCookDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation maxeDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation maxsDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation maxpeDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation maxpsDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation mkDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation msfldDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation quadeDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation quadsDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation shearDamageInitiation() const;
odb_DamageInitiation hashinDamageInitiation() const;
odb_Damping damping() const;
odb_DeformationPlasticity deformationPlasticity() const;
odb_Density density() const;
odb_Depvar depvar() const;
odb_Dielectric dielectric() const;
odb_Diffusivity diffusivity() const;
odb_DruckerPrager druckerPrager() const;
odb_Elastic elastic() const;
odb_ElectricalConductivity electricalConductivity() const;
odb_Eos eos() const;
odb_Expansion expansion() const;
odb_FluidLeakoff fluidLeakoff() const;
odb_GapFlow gapFlow() const;
odb_GasketThicknessBehavior gasketThicknessBehavior() const;
odb_GasketTransverseShearElastic gasketTransverseShearElastic() const;
odb_GasketMembraneElastic gasketMembraneElastic() const;
odb_Gel gel() const;
odb_HeatGeneration heatGeneration() const;
odb_Hyperelastic hyperelastic() const;
odb_Hyperfoam hyperfoam() const;
odb_Hypoelastic hypoelastic() const;
odb_InelasticHeatFraction inelasticHeatFraction() const;
odb_JouleHeatFraction jouleHeatFraction() const;
odb_LatentHeat latentHeat() const;
odb_LowDensityFoam lowDensityFoam() const;
odb_MagneticPermeability magneticPermeability() const;
odb_MohrCoulombPlasticity mohrCoulombPlasticity() const;
odb_MoistureSwelling moistureSwelling() const;
odb_MullinsEffect mullinsEffect() const;
odb_Permeability permeability() const;
odb_Piezoelectric piezoelectric() const;
odb_Plastic plastic() const;
odb_PoreFluidExpansion poreFluidExpansion() const;
odb_PorousBulkModuli porousBulkModuli() const;
odb_PorousElastic porousElastic() const;
odb_PorousMetalPlasticity porousMetalPlasticity() const;
odb_Regularization regularization() const;
odb_Solubility solubility() const;
odb_Sorption sorption() const;
odb_SpecificHeat specificHeat() const;
odb_Swelling swelling() const;
odb_UserDefinedField userDefinedField() const;
odb_UserMaterial userMaterial() const;
odb_UserOutputVariables userOutputVariables() const;
odb_Viscoelastic viscoelastic() const;
odb_Viscosity viscosity() const;
odb_Viscous viscous() const;
acousticMedium

An AcousticMedium object.

brittleCracking

A BrittleCracking object.

capPlasticity

A CapPlasticity object.

castIronPlasticity

A CastIronPlasticity object.

clayPlasticity

A ClayPlasticity object.

concrete

A Concrete object.

concreteDamagedPlasticity

A ConcreteDamagedPlasticity object.

conductivity

A Conductivity object.

creep

A Creep object.

crushableFoam

A CrushableFoam object.

ductileDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

fldDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

flsdDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

johnsonCookDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

maxeDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

maxsDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

maxpeDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

maxpsDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

mkDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

msfldDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

quadeDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

quadsDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

shearDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

hashinDamageInitiation

A DamageInitiation object.

damping

A Damping object.

deformationPlasticity

A DeformationPlasticity object.

density

A Density object.

depvar

A Depvar object.

dielectric

A Dielectric object.

diffusivity

A Diffusivity object.

druckerPrager

A DruckerPrager object.

elastic

An Elastic object.

electricalConductivity

An ElectricalConductivity object.

eos

An Eos object.

expansion

An Expansion object.

fluidLeakoff

A FluidLeakoff object.

gapFlow

A GapFlow object.

gasketThicknessBehavior

A GasketThicknessBehavior object.

gasketTransverseShearElastic

A GasketTransverseShearElastic object.

gasketMembraneElastic

A GasketMembraneElastic object.

gel

A Gel object.

heatGeneration

A HeatGeneration object.

hyperelastic

A Hyperelastic object.

hyperfoam

A Hyperfoam object.

hypoelastic

A Hypoelastic object.

inelasticHeatFraction

An InelasticHeatFraction object.

jouleHeatFraction

A JouleHeatFraction object.

latentHeat

A LatentHeat object.

lowDensityFoam

A LowDensityFoam object.

magneticPermeability

A MagneticPermeability object.

mohrCoulombPlasticity

A MohrCoulombPlasticity object.

moistureSwelling

A MoistureSwelling object.

mullinsEffect

A MullinsEffect object.

permeability

A Permeability object.

piezoelectric

A Piezoelectric object.

plastic

A Plastic object.

poreFluidExpansion

A PoreFluidExpansion object.

porousBulkModuli

A PorousBulkModuli object.

porousElastic

A PorousElastic object.

porousMetalPlasticity

A PorousMetalPlasticity object.

regularization

A Regularization object.

solubility

A Solubility object.

sorption

A Sorption object.

specificHeat

A SpecificHeat object.

swelling

A Swelling object.

userDefinedField

A UserDefinedField object.

userMaterial

A UserMaterial object.

userOutputVariables

A UserOutputVariables object.

viscoelastic

A Viscoelastic object.

viscosity

A Viscosity object.

viscous

A Viscous object.

Corresponding analysis keywords