*ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

Specify electrical conductivity.

This option is used to define electrical conductivity for coupled thermal-electrical and coupled thermal-electrical-structural elements in coupled thermal-electrical and coupled thermal-electrical-structural analyses. This option is also used to define electrical conductivity for electromagnetic elements in eddy current analyses.

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See Also
In Other Guides
Electrical Conductivity
Coupled Thermal-Electrical Analysis
Fully Coupled Thermal-Electrical-Structural Analysis
Eddy Current Analysis

ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/CAE

TypeModel data

LevelModel

Abaqus/CAEProperty module

Optional parameters

DEPENDENCIES

Set this parameter equal to the number of field variables included in the definition of electrical conductivity. If this parameter is omitted, the electrical conductivity is assumed not to depend on any field variables but may still depend on temperature and frequency. See Material Data Definition for more information.

FREQUENCY

Include this parameter to specify electrical conductivity as a function of frequency in an eddy current analysis.

TYPE

Set TYPE=ISO (default) to define isotropic electrical conductivity. Set TYPE=ORTHO to define orthotropic electrical conductivity. Set TYPE=ANISO to define fully anisotropic electrical conductivity.

Data lines to define isotropic electrical conductivity (TYPE=ISO) if the FREQUENCY parameter is omitted

First line
  1. Electrical conductivity. (Units of CT−1L−1φ−1.)

  2. Temperature.

  3. First field variable.

  4. Second field variable.

  5. Etc., up to six field variables.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than six)
  1. Seventh field variable.

  2. Etc., up to eight field variables per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define isotropic electrical conductivity as a function of temperature and field variables.

Data lines to define isotropic electrical conductivity (TYPE=ISO) if the FREQUENCY parameter is included

First line
  1. Electrical conductivity. (Units of CT−1L−1φ−1.)

  2. Frequency, in cycles/time.

  3. Temperature.

  4. First field variable.

  5. Second field variable.

  6. Etc., up to five field variables.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than five)
  1. Sixth field variable.

  2. Etc., up to eight field variables per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define isotropic electrical conductivity as a function of frequency, temperature, and field variables.

Data lines to define orthotropic electrical conductivity (TYPE=ORTHO) if the FREQUENCY parameter is omitted

First line
  1. σ11E. (Units of CT−1L−1φ−1.)

  2. σ22E.

  3. σ33E.

  4. Temperature.

  5. First field variable.

  6. Second field variable.

  7. Etc., up to four field variables.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than four)
  1. Fifth field variable.

  2. Etc., up to eight field variables per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define orthotropic electrical conductivity as a function of temperature and field variables.

Data lines to define orthotropic electrical conductivity (TYPE=ORTHO) if the FREQUENCY parameter is included

First line
  1. σ11E. (Units of CT−1L−1φ−1.)

  2. σ22E.

  3. σ33E.

  4. Frequency, in cycles/time.

  5. Temperature.

  6. First field variable.

  7. Second field variable.

  8. Third field variable.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than three)
  1. Fourth field variable.

  2. Etc., up to eight field variables per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define orthotropic electrical conductivity as a function of frequency, temperature, and field variables.

Data lines to define anisotropic electrical conductivity (TYPE=ANISO) if the FREQUENCY parameter is omitted

First line
  1. σ11E. (Units of CT−1L−1φ−1.)

  2. σ12E.

  3. σ22E.

  4. σ13E.

  5. σ23E.

  6. σ33E.

  7. Temperature.

  8. First field variable.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than one)
  1. Second field variable.

  2. Etc., up to eight field variables per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define anisotropic electrical conductivity as a function of temperature and field variables.

Data lines to define anisotropic electrical conductivity (TYPE=ANISO) if the FREQUENCY parameter is included

First line
  1. σ11E. (Units of CT−1L−1φ−1.)

  2. σ12E.

  3. σ22E.

  4. σ13E.

  5. σ23E.

  6. σ33E.

  7. Frequency in cycles/time.

  8. Temperature.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value equal to or greater than one)
  1. First field variable.

  2. Etc., up to eight field variables per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define anisotropic electrical conductivity as a function of frequency, temperature, and field variables.