Electrical Resistivity

A material's electrical resistivity:

  • must be defined for Coupled Thermal-Electrical Analysis if electrical conductivity is not defined;

  • must be defined for Fully Coupled Thermal-Electrical-Structural Analysis if electrical conductivity is not defined;

  • must be defined to model materials with piezoresistive effects;

  • can be linear or nonlinear (by defining electrical resistivity as a function of temperature);

  • can be isotropic, orthotropic, or fully anisotropic;

  • can be specified as a function of temperature and/or field variables;

  • cannot be used as part of a material definition that also includes electrical conductivity; and

  • cannot be used in an eddy current analysis.

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See Also
About the Material Library
Piezoresistive Effect
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*ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY
Defining electrical conductivity

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