Potential object

The Potential object defines an anisotropic yield/creep model.

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Access

import material
mdb.models[name].materials[name].creep.potential
mdb.models[name].materials[name].plastic.potential
mdb.models[name].materials[name].viscous.potential
import odbMaterial
session.odbs[name].materials[name].creep.potential
session.odbs[name].materials[name].plastic.potential
session.odbs[name].materials[name].viscous.potential

Potential(...)

This method creates a Potential object.

Path

mdb.models[name].materials[name].creep.Potential
mdb.models[name].materials[name].plastic.Potential
mdb.models[name].materials[name].viscous.Potential
session.odbs[name].materials[name].creep.Potential
session.odbs[name].materials[name].plastic.Potential
session.odbs[name].materials[name].viscous.Potential

Required arguments

table

A sequence of sequences of Floats specifying the items described below.

Optional arguments

temperatureDependency

A Boolean specifying whether the data depend on temperature. The default value is OFF.

dependencies

An Int specifying the number of field variable dependencies. The default value is 0.

Table data

  • R11.

  • R22.

  • R33.

  • R12.

  • R13.

  • R23.

  • Temperature, if the data depend on temperature.

  • Value of the first field variable, if the data depend on field variables.

  • Value of the second field variable.

  • Etc.

Return value

A Potential object.

Exceptions

RangeError.

setValues(...)

This method modifies the Potential object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the Potential method.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

RangeError.

Members

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