Swelling object

The Swelling object specifies time-dependent volumetric swelling for a material.

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Access

import material
mdb.models[name].materials[name].swelling
import odbMaterial
session.odbs[name].materials[name].swelling

Swelling(...)

This method creates a Swelling object.

Path

mdb.models[name].materials[name].Swelling
session.odbs[name].materials[name].Swelling

Required arguments

table

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

This argument is valid only when law=INPUT.

Optional arguments

law

A SymbolicConstant specifying the type of data defining the swelling behavior. Possible values are INPUT and USER. The default value is INPUT.

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

  • Volumetric swelling strain rate.

  • 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 Swelling object.

Exceptions

RangeError.

setValues(...)

This method modifies the Swelling object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

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

Return value

None.

Exceptions

RangeError.

Members

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

In addition, the Swelling object can have the following member:

ratios

A Ratios object.

Corresponding analysis keywords