*PROPERTY TABLE

Define a property table.

This option can be used only as a suboption of the TABLE COLLECTION or MATERIAL option to define a property table.

This page discusses:

See Also
*PARAMETER TABLE TYPE
*PROPERTY TABLE TYPE
*TABLE COLLECTION
*PARAMETER TABLE
In Other Guides
Table Collections, Parameter Tables, and Property Tables
Accessing Abaqus Table Collections

ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/Explicit

TypeModel data

LevelModel

Required parameters

TYPE
Set this parameter equal to the name of the property table type that defines the type of this property table.

Optional parameters

DEPENDENCIES
Set this parameter equal to the number of field variables included in the definition of the properties. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed that the properties do not depend on field variables.
EXTRAPOLATION

Set EXTRAPOLATION=CONSTANT (default) to use constant extrapolation of the dependent variables outside the specified range of the independent variables.

Set EXTRAPOLATION=LINEAR to use linear extrapolation of the dependent variables outside the specified range of the independent variables.

LABEL
Set this parameter equal to the label to be used as the reference to the property table. If this parameter is omitted, the label is set equal to the name of the property table type.
REGULARIZE

This parameter applies only to Abaqus/Explicit analyses.

Set REGULARIZE=ON (default) to regularize the user-defined property table data.

Set REGULARIZE=OFF to use the user-defined property table data directly without regularization.

Set REGULARIZE=ORIGIN to regularize the user-defined property table data and preserve property values at point 0 of the first independent variable.

RTOL

This parameter applies only to Abaqus/Explicit analyses.

Set this parameter equal to the tolerance to be used to regularize the property table data. The default is RTOL=0.03.

TEMPERATURE
Include this parameter if the properties depend on temperature. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed that the properties do not depend on temperature.

Data lines to define properties as a function of independent variables, temperature, and/or field variables

First line

  1. First property.

  2. Second property or first independent variable, temperature, or field variable.

  3. Etc., up to 8 data line items.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the sum of the entries for the PROPERTIES and INDEPENDENT VARIABLES parameters on the PROPERTY TABLE TYPE option and the TEMPERATURE and DEPENDENCIES parameters on the PROPERTY TABLE option is greater than eight)
  1. Property, independent variable, temperature, or field variable.
  2. Etc., up to 8 data line items.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define properties as a function of independent variables, temperature, and other predefined field variables.