Supported Card

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

MAT1

Defines the material properties for linear, temperature-independent, isotropic materials.

MATS1

MATT1

MAT4

MAT5

MATFAT

MATX0, MATX02, MATX13, MATX21, MATX27, MATX33, MATX36, MATX42, MATX44, MATX60, MATX62, MATX65, MATX70, MATX82

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MAT2

Defines the material properties for linear, temperature-independent, anisotropic materials for two-dimensional elements.

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MAT3

Defines the material properties for linear, temperature-independent, and orthotropic materials used by the CTAXI and CTRIAX6 axisymmetric elements.

EX, ETH, EZ, NUXTH, NUTHZ, NUZX, RHO, GZX, AX, ATH, AZ, TREF, GE, MATT3

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MAT4

Defines constant thermal material properties for conductivity, heat capacity, density, and heat generation.

Supported as MAT4 material and as an optional card on the structural material definitions.

MATT4

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MAT5

Defines the thermal material properties for anisotropic materials.

Supported as MAT5 material and as an optional card on the structural material definitions.

MATT5

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MAT8

Defines the material property for an orthotropic material for two-dimensional elements.

E1, E2, NU12, G12, G1Z, G2Z, RHO, A1, A2, TREF, Xt, Xc, Yt, Yc, S, GE, F12, STRN

MATT8, MAT4, MAT5, MATX25, MATX43

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MAT9

Defines the material properties for linear, temperature-independent, anisotropic materials for solid elements.

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MAT9ORT

Defines the material properties for linear, temperature-independent, orthotropic materials for solid elements in terms of engineering constants.

E1-E3, NU12, NU23, NU31, RHO, G12, G23, G31, A1-A3, TREF, GE

MATX..

MAT10

Defines material properties for fluid elements in coupled fluid-structural analysis.

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MATFAT

Defines material properties for fatigue analysis.

Supported as an optional card on the structural material definitions.

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MATF1

Specifies frequency-dependent material properties on MAT1 entry fields via TABLEDi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT1 material.

MATF2

Specifies frequency-dependent material properties on MAT2 entry fields via TABLEDi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT2 material.

MATF8

Specifies frequency-dependent material properties on MAT8 entry fields via TABLEDi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT8 material.

MATF9

Specifies frequency-dependent material properties on MAT9 entry fields via TABLEDi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT9 material.

MATF10

Specifies frequency-dependent material properties on MAT10 entry fields via TABLEDi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT10 material.

MATHE

Defines Nonlinear Hyperelastic Material Property Definition.

MOONEY, RPOLY, MOOR, NEOH, YEOH, ABOYCE, OGDEN

MATPE1

Defines the material properties for poro-elastic materials.

AFR, BIOT, GAMMA, MAT1, MAT10, POR, PRANDTL, TLE, TOR, VISC, VLE.

Exported in large field format by optistructlf template.

MATT1

Specifies temperature-dependent material properties on MAT1 entry fields via TABLEMi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT1 material.

MATT2

Specifies temperature-dependent material properties on MAT2 entry fields via TABLEMi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT2 material.

MATT4

Specifies temperature-dependent material properties on MAT4 entry fields via TABLEMi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT4 material.

MATT5

Specifies temperature-dependent material properties on MAT5 entry fields via TABLEMi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT5 material.

MATT8

Specifies temperature-dependent material properties on MAT8 entry fields via TABLEMi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT8 material.

MATT9

Specifies temperature-dependent material properties on MAT9 entry fields via TABLEMi entries.

Supported as an extension to the MAT9 material.

MGASK

Defines the material properties for gasket-like materials.

MAT4

MAT5

Supported Card

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*BIAXIAL TEST DATA

Used to provide biaxial test data (compression and/or tension).

NStress, NStrain, NLStrain

*COMBINED TEST DATA

Specify simultaneously the normalized shear and bulk compliance or relaxation moduli as functions of time.

SHRINF

VOLINF

This option must be used in conjunction with the *VISCOELASTIC option and cannot be used if the *SHEAR TEST DATA and *VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA options are used.

*CONDUCTIVITY

Specify thermal conductivity

DEPENDENCIES, TYPE=ISO, ORTHO, ANISO

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR

Begin the specification of a connector behavior

NAME, INTEGRATION

*CONNECTOR CONSTITUTIVE REFERENCE

Define reference lengths and angles to be used in specifying connector constitutive behavior

N/A

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

*CONNECTOR CONTACT FORCE

Define the damping behavior for connector elements.

INDEPENDENT COMPONENT, DEPENDENCIES

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

*CONNECTOR DAMPING

Define connector damping behavior

COMPONENT, COUPLED, DEPENDENCIES, NONLINEAR, INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

*CONNECTOR ELASTICITY

Define connector elastic behavior

COMPONENT, COUPLED,DEPENDENCIES, NONLINEAR, MOTION DEPENDENCIES

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

*CONNECTOR FAILURE

Define a failure criterion for connector elements

COMPONENT, RELEASE

Only in Explicit template

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

*CONNECTOR FRICTION
(Abaqus 6.4 version)

Define friction forces and moments in connector elements

INTERACTION

COMPONENT

INDEPENDENT COMPONENT

DEPENDENCIES

STICK STIFFNESS

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

*CONNECTOR FRICTION (Abaqus 6.5 or later version)

Define friction forces and moments in connector elements

PREDEFINED

COMPONENT

INDEPENDENT COMPONENT

DEPENDENCIES

STICK STIFFNESS

CONTACT FORCE

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

This needs a *FRICTION card, which can be created as a property using the FRICTION card image.

*CONNECTOR HARDENING

Specify the initial yield surface size and, optionally, the post-yield hardening behavior in connector available components of relative motion.

DEPENDENCIES

TYPE

DEFINITION

EXTRAPOLATION = CONSTANT, LINEAR

REGULARIZE = ON, OFF

RTOL

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

*CONNECTOR LOCK

Define a locking criterion for connector elements

COMPONENT

LOCK

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

*CONNECTOR PLASTICITY

Define plasticity behavior in connector elements. It must be used in conjunction with the *CONNECTOR HARDENING option.

*CONNECTOR STOP

Specify connector stops for connector elements

COMPONENT

This card is a sub-option in the CONNECTOR_BEHAVIOR card image.

*CREEP

Define a creep law

DEPENDENCIES

LAW=STRAIN, TIME, HYPERB, USER

This card is a sub-option in both the ABAQUS_MATERIAL and *GASKET MATERIAL card images.

Not in Explicit template.

*CRUSHABLE FOAM

Specify the crushable foam plasticity model

HARDENING = {VOLUMETRIC, ISOTROPIC}

DEPENDENCIES

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*CRUSHABLE FOAM HARDENING

Specify hardening for the crushable foam plasticity model

DEPENDENCIES

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*DAMPING

Specify material damping

ALPHA

BETA

COMPOSITE

STRUCTURAL

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*DETONATION POINT

Defines detonation points for a JWL explosive equation of state.

DetonationPointData = (X, Y, Z, DetonationTimeDelay)

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image. It must be used in conjunction with *EOS, Type = JWL.

It is only available for Abaqus/Explicit.

*DENSITY

Specify material mass density

DEPENDENCIES

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*DIELECTRIC

Specify dielectric material properties

TYPE=ISO, ORTHO, ANISO

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*ELASTIC

Specify elastic material properties

DEPENDENCIES

MODULI

TYPE=ISOTROPIC,

LAMINA, ENGINEERING CONSTANTS, ORTHOTROPIC, ANISOTROPIC

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*EOS

Defines a hydrodynamic material model in the form of an equation of state.

Type (None, IDEAL GAS, IGNITION AND GROWTH, JWL, TABULAR, USUP)

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

It is only available for Abaqus/Explicit.

*EOS COMPACTION

Specifies plastic compaction behavior for a hydrodynamic material.

Ce

N0

Pe

Ps

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image. It must be used in conjunction with *EOS, Type = USUP / TABULAR.

It is only available for Abaqus/Explicit.

*EXPANSION

Specify thermal expansion

ZERO

DEPENDENCIES

PORE FLUID

USER

TYPE=ISO, ORTHO, ANISO, SHORT FIBER

This card is a sub-option in both the ABAQUS_MATERIAL and *GASKET MATERIAL card images.

*FLUID BEHAVIOR

Define fluid behavior for a fluid cavity

NAME

*GASKET BEHAVIOR

Begin the specification of a gasket behavior

NAME

Only in Standard template.

*GASKET CONTACT AREA

Specify a gasket contact area or contact width for average pressure output

DEPENDENCIES

This card is a sub-option in the *GASKET_MATERIAL card image.

*GASKET ELASTICITY

Specify elastic properties for the membrane and transverse shear behaviors of a gasket

DEPENDENCIES

COMPONENT= MEMBRANE, TRANSVERSE SHEAR

VARIABLE=STRESS, FORCE

This card is a sub-option in the *GASKET BEHAVIOR card image.

*GASKET THICKNESS BEHAVIOR

Specify a gasket thickness-direction behavior

DEPENDENCIES

TENSILE STIFFNESS FACTOR

SLOPE DROP

YIELD ONSET

DIRECTION=LOADING, UNLOADING

VARIABLE=STRESS, FORCE

TYPE=ELASTIC-PLASTIC, DAMAGE

This card is a sub-option in the *GASKET_MATERIAL card image.

*GAS SPECIFIC HEAT

Specifies the specific heat of reacted gas products for an ignition and growth equation of state.

Dependencies

GasSpecificDataCards = (SpecificHeat, Temperature)

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image. It must be used in conjunction with *EOS, Type = IGNITION AND GROWTH.

It is only available for Abaqus/Explicit.

*HYPERELASTIC

Specify elastic properties for approximately incompressible elastomers

ARRUDA-BOYCE

BETA

MARLOW

MODULI

MOONEY-RIVLIN

N

NEO HOOKE

OGDEN

POLYNOMIAL

POISSON

PROPERTIES

REDUCED POLYNOMIAL

TEST DATA INPUT

USER

VAN DER WAALS

YEOH

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

Sub-options supported:

*BIAXIAL TEST DATA

*PLANAR TEST DATA

*UNIAXIAL TEST DATA

*VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA

*HYPERFOAM

Specify elastic properties for a hyperelastic foam

MODULI

N

POISSON

TEST DATA INPUT

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

Sub-options supported:

*BIAXIAL TEST DATA

*PLANAR TEST DATA

*SIMPLE SHEAR TEST DATA

*UNIAXIAL TEST DATA

*VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA

*MATERIAL

Begin the definition of a material

NAME

RTOL

SRATE FACTOR

*MULLINS EFFECT

Specify Mullins effect material parameters for elastomers

BETA

DEPENDENCIES

M

PROPERTIES

R

TEST DATA INPUT

USER

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

Sub-options supported:

*BIAXIAL TEST DATA

*PLANAR TEST DATA

*UNIAXIAL TEST DATA

*PIEZOELECTRIC

Specify piezoelectric material properties

TYPE=S, E

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

Not in Explicit template.

*PLANAR TEST DATA

Used to provide planar test (or pure shear) data (compression and/or tension).

N_Stress

N_Strain

FOAMPLANARTESTDATACARDS

Used to provide planar test (or pure shear) data (compression and/or tension).

This option is used to provide planar test (or pure shear) data. It can be used only in conjunction with the *HYPERELASTIC option, the *HYPERFOAM option, and the *MULLINS EFFECT option. This type of test does not define the hyperelastic material constants fully; at the least, uniaxial or biaxial test data should also be given.

*PLASTIC

Specify a metal plasticity model

DATA TYPE

HARDENING=ISOTROPIC, KINEMATIC, COMBINED, JOHNSON COOK

NUMBER BACKSTRESSES

RATE

*RATE DEPENDENT

Define a rate-dependent viscoplastic model

TYPE= {POWER LAW, JOHNSON COOK, YIELD RATIO}

DEPENDENCIES

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*REACTION RATE

Defines the reaction rate for an ignition and growth equation of state.

l, a, b, x, G1, c, d, y, G2, e, g, z, F_Max_ig, F_Max_G1, F_Min_G2

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image. It must be used in conjunction with *EOS, Type = IGNITION AND GROWTH.

It is only available for Abaqus/Explicit.

*SHEAR FAILURE

Specify a shear failure model and criterion

TYPE= {TABULAR, JOHNSON COOK}

ELEMENT DELETION = {YES, NO}

DEPENDENCIES

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image in the Explicit template.

*SHEAR TEST DATA

Used to provide shear test data

ShearComp

Time

Shrinf

This option can be used only in conjunction with the *VISCOELASTIC option.

*SIMPLE SHEAR TEST DATA

Used to provide simple shear test data

ShearStress

ShearStrain

TransverseStress

This option is used to provide simple shear test data. It can be used only in conjunction with the *HYPERFOAM option.

*SPECIFIC HEAT

Define specific heat

DEPENDENCIES

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*UNIXIAL TEST DATA

Used to provide uniaxial test data (compression and/or tension).

Nstress

Nstrain

Nlstrain

This option is used to provide uniaxial test data. It can be used only in conjunction with the *HYPERELASTIC option, the *HYPERFOAM option, and the *MULLINS EFFECT option.

*USER MATERIAL

Define material constants for use in subroutine UMAT, UMATHT, or VUMAT

CONSTANTS

TYPE= {MECHANICAL, THERMAL}

UNSYMM

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

*USER OUTPUT VARIABLES

Specify number of user variables

Value

This card is a sub-option in both the ABAQUS_MATERIAL and *GASKET MATERIAL card images.

*VISCOELASTIC

Specify dissipative behavior for use with elasticity

ERRTOL

NMAX

FREQUENCY=FORMULA, TABULAR

TIME= CREEP TEST DATA, RELAXATION TEST DATA, PRONY

This card is a sub-option in the ABAQUS_MATERIAL card image.

Sub-options supported:

*COMBINED TEST DATA

*SHEAR TEST DATA

*VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA

For the sub-options, the parameters SHRINF and VOLINF are supported.

*VOLUMETRIC TEST DATA

Provide volumetric test data.

Pressure

VolumeRatio

Supported Card

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

DISCRETE

X_STIFFNESS

Y_STIFFNESS

Z_STIFFNESS

X_MASS

Y_MASS

Z_MASS

STIFFNESS normal and transveral

MASS normal and transversal

FLUID

SOUND SPEED (+ J)

FLUID DENSITY

CP

CV

REFERENCE TEMPERATURE

FLUID_BULK_MODULUS

REFERENCE_FLOW

POROUS

YOUNG_MODULUS (+ j)

POISSON_RATIO

SOLID_DENSITY

FLUID_DENSITY

VISCOSITY

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

POROSITY

CP

CV

FLOW_RESISTIVITY

BULK_MODULUS

BLOT_FACTOR

TORTUOSITY

Allard & Johnson model

POROUS_UP

RIGID_POROUS

SHELL

SOLID

STIFFENER

ELONGATION_MODULUS
(+ j)

FLEXION_MODULUS
(+ j)

FLEXION_OFFSET

SHEAR_MODULUS
(+ j)

TRANSLATION_DENSITY
(+ j)

ROTATION_DENSITY
(+ j)

ROTATION_OFFSET

VISCO_ELASTIC

Young modulus (+ j)

POISSON_RATIO

SOLID_DENSITY

VISCOTHERMAL FLUID

SOUND_SPEED (+ j)

FLUID_DENSITY

VISCOSITY

THERMAL_CONDUCTIVITY

CP

CV

Supported Card

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

MAT

Sets the element material attribute pointer.

mat

MP

Defines a linear material property as a constant or a function of temperature.

Lab, MAT, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4

MPDATA

Defines property data to be associated with the temperature table.

Lab, MAT, STLOC, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6

MPDATA

Defines property data to be associated with the temperature table.

R5.0, LENGTH, Lab, MAT, STLOC, VAL1, VAL2, VAL3

MPTEMP

Defines a temperature table for material properties.

STLOC, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6

FLAGS:

DENS, EX, NUXY, ALPX, CTEX, CTEY, CTEZ, THSX, TSHY, TSHZ, REFT, KXXX, EY, EZ, NUYZ, NUXZ, PRXY, PRYZ, PRXZ, GXY, GYZ, GXZ, ALPY, ALPZ, DAMP, DMPR, C, ENTH, KYY, KZZ, HF, EMIS, QRATE, VISC, SONC, RSVX, RXVY, RXVZ, PERX, PERY, PERZ, MURX, MURY, MURZ, MGXX, MGYY, MGZZ, LSST, SBKX, SBKY, SBKZ, LSSM

Supports temperature tables for each material attribute

MPTEMP

R5.0, LENGTH, STLOC, TEMP1, TEMP2, TEMP3

Supports temperature tables for each material attribute

TB

Activates a data table for nonlinear material properties or special element input.

TB_LAB, ID, NTEMP, NPTS, TBOPT, EOSOPT

TBDATA

Defines data for the data table.

STLOC, C2(i)

Supported Card

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

Acoustic

RHO, C0

Anisotropic

C11, C12, C13, C14, C15, C16, C22, C23, C24, C25, C26, C33, C34, C35, C36, C44, C45, C46, C55, C56, C66, RHO

Isotropic

E, G, NU, RHO, K, ALPHAT, TREF

Isotropic_Viscoelastic

RHO, T_0, T_current, C_1, C_2, aT_1, aT_2, K_g, K_inf, G_g, G_inf, K_ArrayAttribute, G_ArryAttribute

Orthotropic

E1, E2, E3, NU12, NU23, NU31, G12, G23, G31, RHO

Stochastic

RHO

Supported Card

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_ACOUSTIC

(*MAT_090)

Appropriate for tracking low pressure stress waves in an acoustic media such as air or water and can be used only with the acoustic pressure element formulation.

RO, C, BETA, CF, ATMOS, GRAV, XP, YP, ZP, XN, YN, ZN

Title

Material Type 90

*MAT_ALE_INCOMPRESSIBLE

(*MAT_160)

Solves imcompressible flows with the ALE solver. It should be used with the element formulation 6 and 12 in *SECTION_SOLID.

Rho, PC, MU, TOL, DTOUT, NCG, METH

Title

Material Type 160

*MAT_ANISOTROPIC_
ELASTIC

(*MAT_002_ANIS)

Valid for modeling the elastic-orthotropic behavior of solids, shells and thick shells.

Rho, C11, C12, C22, C13, C23, C33, C14, C24, C34, C44, C15, C25, C35, C45, C55, C16, C26, C36, C46, C56, C66

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, by system)

Material Type 2

*MAT_ANISOTROPIC_
ELASTIC_PLASTIC

(*MAT_157)

Valid for modeling the elastic-orthotropic behavior of solids, shells and thick shells and solid elements.

RO, SIGY, LCSS, QR1, CR1, QR2, CR2, C11-C16, C22-C26, C33-C36, C44-C46, C55,C56, C66, R00, R45, R90, S11, S22, S33, S12

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, by system)

Material Type 157

*MAT_ANISOTROPIC_
PLASTIC

(*MAT_103_P)

Simplified version of the Material Type 103.  Applies only to shell elements.

RO, E, PR, SIGY, LCSS, QR1, CR1, QR2, CR2,  R00, R45, R90, S11, S22, S33, S12

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, by system)

Material Type 103P

*MAT_ANISOTROPIC_
VISCOPLASTIC

(*MAT_103)

Applies to shell and brick elements.

RO, E, PR, SIGY, FLAG, LCSS, ALPHA, QR1, CR1, QR2, CR2, QX1, CX1, QX2, CX2, VK, VM, ROO, R45, R90, L, M, N, AOPT, FAIL, NUMINT

Title

Material Type 103

*MAT_ARRUDA_BOYCE_
RUBBER

(*MAT_127)

Provides a hyperelastic rubber model combined optionally with linear viscoelasticity.

Rho, K, G, N, LCID, TRAMP, NT, ArrayCount, GI, beta

Title

Material Type 127

*MAT_ARUP_ADHESIVE

(*MAT_169)

Used for adhesive bonding in aluminum structures.

RO, E, PR, TENMAX, GCTEN, SHRMAX, GCSHR, PWRT, PWRS, SHRP, SHT_SL, EDOT0, EDOT2

Title

Material Type 169

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_BAMMAN

(*MAT_051)

Models temperature and rate dependent plasticity with a fairly complex model that has many input parameters.

Rho, E, PR, T, HC, C1 - C18, A1-A6, KAPPA,

Title

Material Type 51

*MAT_BAMMAN_DAMAGE

(*MAT_052)

Extension of model 51 which includes the modeling of damage.

Rho, E, PR, T, HC, C1-18, A1-A6, N, D0, FS

Title

Material Type 52

*MAT_BARLAT_
ANISOTROPIC_PLASTICITY

(*MAT_033)

Used for modeling anisotropic material behavior in forming processes.

Rho, E, PR, K, E0, N, M, A, B, C, F, G, H, LCID, AOPT
Title

Material Type 33

*MAT_BARLAT_YLD2000

(*MAT_133)

Developed to overcome some shortcomings of the six parameters Barlat model implemented at Material Type 33. Available for shell elements only.

RO, E, PR, FIT, BETA, ITER, K, E0, N, C, P, A, ALPHA1-ALPHA8

Title

Hardening Law (Exponential hardening, Voce hardening, By Curve)

Anisotropy axis definition (By element nodes, Define global vector, Define local vector, Pick system)

Material Type 133

*MAT_BARLAT_YLD96

(*MAT_033_b)

Used for modeling anisotropic material behavior in forming processes in particular for aluminum alloys. Available for shell elements only.

Rho, E, PR, K, E0, N, ESRO, M, HARD, A, C1, C2, C3, CR, AX, AY, AZ0, AZ1, AOPT

Title

LCID_hardeningOpt

Material Type 33b

*MAT_BILKHU/
DUBOIS_FOAM

(*MAT_075)

Used for the simulation of isotropic crushable forms.

RHO, YM, LCPY, LCUYS, VC, PC, VPC, TSC, VTSC, LCRATE, PR, KCON, ISFLG

Title

Material Type 75

*MAT_BLATZ-KO_FOAM

(*MAT_038)

Used for the definition of rubber-like foams of polyurethane.

Rho, G, REF

Title

Material Type 38

*MAT_BLATZ-KO_RUBBER

(*MAT_007)

Used for the modeling of nearly incompressible continuum rubber.

Rho, G, REF

Title

Material Type 7

*MAT_BOLT_BEAM

(*MAT_208)

Used with beam elements using ELFORM=6 (Discrete Beam).

Rho, KAX, KSHR, FPRE, TRAMP, LCAX, LCSHR, FRIC, CLEAR, DAFAIL, DRFAIL, DAMAG, T0PRE

Title

Material Type 208

*MAT_BRITTLE_DAMAGE

(*MAT_096)

RO, E, PR, TLIMIT, SLIMIT, FTOUGH, SRETEN, VISC, FRA_RF, E_RF, YS_RF, EH_RF, FS_RF, SIGY

Title

Material Type 96

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_CABLE_DISCRETE_
BEAM

(*MAT_071)

Permits elastic cables to be realistically modeled; thus, no force will develop in compression.

Rho, E, LCID, FO, TMAXFO, TRAMP, IREAD

Title

Material Type 71

*MAT_CELLULAR_RUBBER

(*MAT_087)

Provides a cellular rubber model with confined air pressure combined with linear viscoelasticity.

RO, PR, N, C10, C01, C11, C20, C02, PO, PHI, IVS, G, BETA

Title

Material Type 87

*MAT_CLOSED_CELL_
FOAM

(*MAT_053)

Used for the modeling of low density, closed cell polyurethane foam.

Rho, E, A, B, C, P0, PHI, GAMA0, LCID

Title

Material Type 53

*MAT_CODAM2

(*MAT_219)

A sub-laminate-based continuum damage mechanics model for fiber reinforced composite laminates made up of transversely isotropic layers. Used for brick, shell, and thick shell elements.

Rho, EA, EB, PRBA, PRCB, GAB, NLAYER, R1, R2, NFREQ, AOPT, MACF, ANGLE1-ANGLE8, IMATT, IFIBT, ILOCT, IDELT, SMATT, SFIBT, SLOCT, SDELT, IMATC, IFIBC, ILOCC, IDELC, SMATC, SFIBC, SLOCC, SDELC, ERODE, ERPAR1, ERPAR2, RESIDS

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, by system)

Title

Material Type 219

*MAT_COHESIVE_ELASTIC

(*MAT_184)

Simple cohesive elastic model for use with solid element types 19 and 20 and is not available for other solid element formulations.

RO, ROFLG, INTFAIL, ET, EN, FN_FAIL

Title

Material Type 184

*MAT_COHESIVE_GENERAL

(*MAT_186)

Cohesive material model that includes three general irreversible mixed-mode interaction cohesive formulations with arbitrary normalized traction-separation law given by a load curve.

Rho, ROFLG, INTFAIL, TES, TSLC, GIC, GIIC, XMU, T, S, STFSF

Title

Material Type 186

*MAT_COHESIVE_MIXED_MODE

(*MAT_138)

Cohesive material model that includes a bilinear traction-separation law with quadratic mixed mode delamination criterion and a damage formulation.

Rho, ROFLG, INTFAIL, EN, ET, GIC, GIIC, XMU, UND, UTD

PeakTractionNormalDirectionAsFunctionOfElemSize (T)

PeakTractionTgDirectionAsFunctionOfElemSize (S)

Title

Material Type 138

*MAT_COHESIVE_MIXED_MODE_ELASTOPLASTIC_RATE

(*MAT_240)

Cohesive material formulation limited to linear softening with mixed mode delamination criterion and a damage formulation.

Rho, ROFLG, INTFAIL, EMOD, GMOD, THICK, OUTPUT, G1C_0, G1C_INF, EDOT_G1, T0, T1, EDOT_T, FG1, G2C_0, G2C_INF, EDOT_G2, S0, S1, EDOT_S, FG2

Title

Material Type 240

*MAT_COHESIVE_TH

(*MAT_185)

Cohesive material for use with solid element types 19 and 20. Not available for any other solid element formulation.

Rho, ROFLG, INTFAIL, SIGMAX, NLS, TLS, LAMDA1, LAMDA2, LAMDAF, STFSF

Title

Material Type 185

*MAT_COMPOSITE_
DAMAGE

(*MAT_022)

An orthotropic material with optional brittle failure for composites can be defined.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, KFAIL, MACF, SC, XT, YT, YC, ALPH, SN, SYZ, SZX

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, by system)

Material Type 22

*MAT_COMPOSITE_
FAILURE_MODEL

RO, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, KF, AOPT, MAFLAG, TSIZE, ALP, SOFT, FBRT, SR, SF, XC, XT, YC, YT, SC

Options (Shell, Solid, None)

Title

Material Type 59

*MAT_COMPOSITE_
FAILURE_SHELL_MODEL

(*MAT_059_SHELL)

RO, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, KF, AOPT, MAFLAG, TSIZE, ALP, SOFT, FBRT, SR, SF, XC, XT, YC, YT, SC

Option (Shell, Solid, None)

Title

Material Type 59

*MAT_COMPOSITE_
FAILURE_SOLID_MODEL

(*MAT_059_SOLID)

RO, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, KF, AOPT, MAFLAG, SBA, SCA, SCB, XXC, YYC, ZZC, XXT, YYT, ZZT

Title

Material Type 59

*MAT_COMPOSITE_LAYUP

(*MAT_116)

Used for modeling the elastic responses of composite layups that have an arbitrary number of layers through the shell thickness.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, AOPT

Title

Material Type 116

*MAT_COMPOSITE_MATRIX

(*MAT_117)

Used for modeling the elastic responses of composites where a pre-integration is used to compute the extensional, bending, and coupling stiffness coefficients for use with the Belytschko Tsay resultant shell formulation.

Rho, C11, C12, C22, C13, C23, C33, C14, C24, C34, C44, C15, C25, C35, C45, C55, C16, C26, C36, C46, C56, C66, AOPT, BETA

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, by system)

Title

Material Type 117

*MAT_COMPOSITE_MSC

(*MAT_161)

Used to model the progressive failure analysis for composite  materials consisting of  unidirectional and woven fabric layers.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, MACF, BETA, SAT, SAC, SBT, SBC, SCT, SFC, SFS, SAB, SBC, SCA, SFFC, AMODEL, PHIC, E_LIMT, S_DELM, OMGMX, ECRSH, EEXPN, CERATE1, AM1

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, by system)

Title

Material Type 161

*MAT_COMPOSITE_MSC_DMG

(*MAT_162)

Used to model the progressive failure analysis for composite  materials consisting of  unidirectional and woven fabric layers.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, MACF, BETA, SAT, SAC, SBT, SBC, SCT, SFC, SFS, SAB, SBC, SCA, SFFC, AMODEL, PHIC, E_LIMT, S_DELM, OMGMX, ECRSH, EEXPN, CERATE1, AM1, AM2, AM3, AM4, CERATE2, CERATE3, CERATE4

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, by system)

Title

Material Type 162

*MAT_CONCRETE_
DAMAGE

(*MAT_072)

Used to analyze buried steel reinforced concrete structures subjected to impulsive loadings.

RO, PR, SIGF, AO, A1, A2, AOY, A1Y, A2Y, A1F, A2F, B1, B2, B3, PER, ER, PRR, SIGY, ETAN, LCP, LCR, L1-L13, NU1-NU13

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, by system)

Material Type 72

*MAT_CONCRETE_
DAMAGE_REL3

(*MAT_072R3)

Used to analyze buried steel reinforced concrete structures subjected to impulsive loadings.

RO, PR, FT, A0, A1, A2, B1, OMEGA, A1F, SLAMBDA, NOUT, EDROP, RSIZE, UCF, LCRATE, LOCWID, NPTS, LAMBDA01-LAMBDA13, B3, A0Y, A1Y, ETA01-ETA13, B2, A2F, A2Y

Title

Material Type 72R3

*MAT_CONCRETE_EC2

(*MAT_172)

Represents plain concrete only, reinforcing steel only, or a smeared combination of concrete and reinforcement.

Rho, FC, FT, TYPEC, UNITC, ECUTEN, FCC6, ESOFT, LCHAR, MU, TAUMXF, TAUMXC, ECRAGG, AGGSZ, UNITL, YMREINF, PRREINF, SUREINF, TYPER, FRACRX, FRACRY, LCALPS, AOPT, LCALPC, DEGRAD, ISHCHK, UNLFAC

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, 4)

Title

Material Type 172

*MAT_CORUS_VEGTER

(*MAT_136)

Plane stress orthotropic material model for metal forming.

RO, E, PR, N, FBI, RBI0, LCID, SYS, SIP, SHS, SHL, ESH, E0, ALPHA, LCID2, FUN, RUN, FPS1, FPS2, FSH

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, by system)

Material Type 136

*MAT_CRUSHABLE_FOAM

(*MAT_063)

Used to model crushable foam with optional damping and tension cutoff.

Rho, E, NU, LCID, TSC, DAMP

Title

Material Type 63

*MAT_CSCM

(*MAT_159)

Concrete material

RO, NPLOT, INCRE, IRATE, ERODE, RECOV, ITRETRC, PRED, G, K, ALPHA, THETA, LAMDA, BETA, NH, CH, ALPHA1, THETHA1, LAMDA1, BETA1, ALPHA2, THETA2, LAMBDA2, BETA2, R, X0, W, D1, D2, B, GFC, D, GFT, GFS, PWRC, PWRT, PMOD, ETA0C, NC, ETA0T, NT, OVERC, OVERT, SRATE, REPOW

Options (None, Concrete)

Title

RECOV Options (1, 2)

Material Type 159

*MAT_CSCM_CONCRETE

(*MAT_159_CONCRETE)

Concrete material

RO, NPLOT, INCRE, IRATE, ERODE, RECOV, ITRETRC, PRED, FPC, DAGG, UNITS

Title

RECOV Options (1, 2)

Material Type 159

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_DAMPER_
NONLINEAR_VISCUOUS

(*MAT_S05)

Used for discrete springs and dampers.

LCDR

Title

Material Type SD-5

*MAT_DAMPER_VISCOUS

(*MAT_S02)

Used for discrete springs and dampers.

DC

Title

Material Type SD-2

*MAT_DESHPANDE_
FLECK_FOAM

(*MAT_154)

Used for modeling aluminum foam used as a filler material in aluminum extrusions to enhance the energy absorbing capability of the extrusion. For solid elements.

Rho, E, PR, ALPHA, GAMMA, EPSD, ALPHA2, BETA, SIGP, DERFI, CFAIL

Title

Material Type 154

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_ELASTIC

(*MAT_001)

Isotropic elastic material that is available for beam, shell and solid elements.

Rho, E, Nu, DA, DB, K

Fluid_Option

Title

Material Type 1

*MAT_ELASTIC_FLUID

(*MAT_001_FLUID)

Isotropic elastic material available for beam, shell and solid elements.

Rho, E, Nu, DA, DB, K, VC, CP

Title

Material Type 1

*MAT_ELASTIC_PLASTIC_
HYDRO

(*MAT_010)

Used for the modeling of an elastic-plastic hydrodynamic material.

RO, G, SIGY, EH, PC, FS, CHARL

SPALL

Title

Material Type 10

*MAT_ELASTIC_PLASTIC_
THERMAL

(*MAT_004)

Temperature dependent material coefficients can be defined.

Rho

Title

Material Type 4

*MAT_ELASTIC_SPRING_
DISCRETE_BEAM

(*MAT_074)

Permits elastic springs with damping to be combined and represented with a discrete beam element type 6.

Rho, K, FO, D, CDF, TDF, FLCID, HLCID, C1, C2, DLE, GLCID

Title

Material Type 74

*MAT_ELASTIC_
VISCOPLASTIC_THERMAL

(*MAT_106)

Elastic viscoplastic material with thermal effects.

RO, E, PR, SIGY, ALPHA, LCSS, QR1, CR1, QR2, CR2, QX1, CX1, QX2, CX2, C, P, LCE, LCPR, LCSIGY, LCR, LCX, LCALPH, LCC, LCP

Title

Material Type 106

*MAT_ELASTIC_WITH_
VISCOSITY

(*MAT_060)

Used to simulate forming of glass products at high temperatures.

RO, V0, A, B, C, LCID, PR1- PR8, T1 - T8, V1 - V8, E1 - E8, ALPHA1 - ALPHA8

Title

Material Type 60

*MAT_ELASTIC_6DOF_
SPRING_DISCRETE_BEAM

(*MAT_093)

Defined for simulating the effects of nonlinear elastic and nonlinear viscous beams by using six springs each acting about one of the six local degrees of freedom.

Rho, TPIDR, TPIDS, TPIDT, RPIDR, RPIDS, RPIDT

Title

Material Type 93

*MAT_EMMI

(*MAT_151)

The Evolving Microstructural Model of Inelasticity (EMMI) is a temperature and rate-dependent state variable model developed to represent the large deformation of metals under diverse loading conditions. This model is available for 3D solid elements, 2D solid elements and thick shell forms 3 and 5.

Rho, E, PR, RGAS, BVECT, D0, QD, CV, ADRAG, BDRAG, DMTHETA, DMPHI, DNTHETA, DNPHI, THETA0, THETAM, BETA0, BTHETA, DMR, DNUC1-DNUC4, DM1-DM5, Q1ND, Q2ND, Q3ND, Q4ND, CALPHA, CKAPPA, C1, C2ND, C3-C6, C7ND, C8ND, C9ND, C10, A1-A4, A_XX, A_YY, A_ZZ, A_XY, A_YZ, A_XZ, ALPHXX, ALPHYY, ALPHZZ, ALPHXY, ALPHYZ, ALPHXZ, DKAPPA, PHI0, PHICR, DLBDAG, FACTOR, RSWTCH, DMGOPT, DELASO, DIMPLO, ATOL, RTOL, DNITER

Title

Material Type 151

*MAT_ENHANCED_
COMPOSITE_DAMAGE

(*MAT_054)

Enhanced versions of the composite model Material Type 22.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, KF, AOPT, DFAILM, DFAILS, TFAIL, ALPH, FBRT, YCFAC, DFAILT, EFS, XC, XT, YC, YT, SC, CRIT, BETA

Title

Material Types 54-55

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_FABRIC

(*MAT_034)

Developed for airbag materials.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, CSE, EL, PRL, LRATIO, DAMP, AOPT, X2, X3, ELA, LNRC, FORM, FVOPT, TSRFAC, X0, X1

Title

LCID_leakCoeff

LCID_areaCoeff

LCID_effLeakArea

LCID_tensileStressCurve

Material Type 34

*MAT_FINITE_ELASTIC_
STRAIN_PLASTICITY

(*MAT_112)

An elasto-plastic material with an arbitrary stress versus strain curve and arbitrary strain rate dependency can be defined.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, C, P, LCSS, LCSR, ArrayCount, EPS, ES

Title

Material Type 112

*MAT_FLD_
TRANSVERSELY_
ANISOTROPIC

(*MAT_039)

Used for simulating sheet forming processes with anisotropic material.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, R, HLCID, LCIDFLD

Title

Material Type 39

*MAT_FLD_3_
PARAMETER_BARLAT

(*MAT_190)

Used for modeling sheets with anisotropic materials under plane stress conditions.

Rho, E, PR, P1, P2, ITER, M, R00, R45, R90, SPI, C, P, FLDCID, RN, RT, FLDSAFE, FLDNIPF

Title

Hardening Law (Linear, Swift exponential, By load curve, Voce exponential, Gosh exponential, Hocket-Sherby exponential)

Anisotropy axis definition (By element nodes, Define global vector, Define local vector, Pick system)

Material Type 190

*MAT_FORCE_LIMITED

(*MAT_029)

With this material model, for the Belytschko-Schwer beam only, plastic hinge forming at the ends of a beam can be modeled using curve definitions.

Rho, E, NU, DF, AOPT, YTFLAG, ASOFT, LC1- LC8, LPS1, SFS1, LPS2, SFS2, YMS1, YMS2, LPT1, SFT1, LPT2, SFT2, YMT1, YMT2, LPR, SFR, YMR

Title

Material Type 29

*MAT_FRAZER_NASH_
RUBBER_MODEL

(*MAT_031)

This model defines rubber from uniaxial test data.

Rho, Nu, C100-C400, C110, C210, C010, C020, EXIT, EMAX, EMIN, REF, SGL, SW, ST, LCID

Title

Material Type 31

*MAT_FU_CHANG_FOAM

(*MAT_083)

Rate effects can be modeled in low and medium density foams.

Unloading Curve Option (Old, New)

Rho, E, KCON, TC, FAIL, DAMP, TBID, BVFLAG, SFLAG, RFLAG, TFLAG, PVID, SRAF, REF, HU, D0, N0, N1, N2, N3, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, AIJ, SIJ, MINR, MAXR, SHAPE

Title

Material Type 83

*MAT_FU_CHANG_FOAM_DAMAGE_DECAY

(*MAT_083_DAMAGE_DECAY)

Rate effects can be modeled in low and medium density foams.

Unloading Curve Option (Old, New)

Rho, E, KCON, TC, FAIL, DAMP, TBID, BVLFAG, SFLAG, RFLAG, TFLAG, PVID, SRAF, REF, HU, MINR, MAXR, SHAPE, BETAT, BETAC

Title

Material Type 83

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_GAS_MIXTURE

(*MAT_148)

Used for the simulation of thermally equilibrated ideal gas mixtures.

IADIAB, RUNIV, CVmass, CPmass

Title

Material Type 148

*MAT_GENERAL_JOINT_
DISCRETE_BEAM

(*MAT_097)

Used to define a general joint constraining any combination of degrees of freedom between two nodes.

Rho, TR, TS, TT, RR, RS, RT, RPST, RPSR

Title

Material Type 97

*MAT_GENERAL_
NONLINEAR_1DOF_
DISCRETE_BEAM

(*MAT_121)

Very general spring and damper model.

Rho, K, UNLDOPT, OFFSET, DAMPF, LCIDT, LCIDTU, LCIDTD, LCIDTE, UTFAIL, UCFAIL, IU

Title

Material Type 121

*MAT_GENERAL_
NONLINEAR_6DOF_
DISCRETE_BEAM

(*MAT_119)

Very general spring and damper model.

Rho, KT, KR, UNLDOPT, OFFSET, DAMPF, LCIDTR, LCIDTS, LCIDTT, LCIDRR, LCIDRS, LCIDRT, LCIDTUR, LCIDTUS, LCIDTUT, LCIDRUR, LCIDRUS, LCIDRUT, LCIDTDR, LCIDTDS, LCIDTDT, LCIDRDR, LCIDRDS, LCIDRDT, LCIDTER, LCIDTES, LCIDTET, LCIDRER, LCIDRES, LCIDRET, UTFAILR, UTFAILS, UTFAILT, WTFAILR, WTFAILS, WTFAILT, UCFAILR, UCFAILS, UCFAILT, WCFAILR, WCFAILS, WCFAILT, IUR, IUS, IUT, IWR, IWS, IWT

Title

Material Type 119

*MAT_GENERAL_SPRING_
DISCRETE_BEAM

Permits elastic and elastoplastic springs with damping to be represented with a discrete beam element type 6 using six springs each acting about one of the six local degrees of freedom.

Rho, DOF, TYPE, K, D, CDF, TDF, FLCID, HLCID, C1, C2, DLE, GLCID

Title

Material Type 196

*MAT_GENERAL_
VISCOELASTIC

(*MAT_076)

Provides a general viscoelastic Maxwell model having up to 6 terms in the prony series expansion and is useful for modeling dense continuum rubbers and solid explosives.

RHO, BULK, PCF, EF, TREF, A, B, LCID, NT, BSTART, TRAMP, LCIDK, NTK, BSTARTK, TRAMPK

Title

Material Type 76

*MAT_GEOLOGIC_CAP_
MODEL

(*MAT_025)

This is an inviscid two invariant geologic cap model.

Rho, BULK, G, ALPHA, THETA, GAMMA, BETA, R, D, W, X0, C, N, PLOT, FTYPE, VEC, TOFF

Title

Material Type 25

*MAT_GEPLASTIC_SRATE
_2000a

(*MAT_101)

Characterizes General Electric's commercially available engineering thermoplastics subjected to high strain rate events.

Rho, E, PR, RATESF, EDOT0, ALPHA, LCSS, LCFEPS, LCFSIG, LCE

Title

Material Type 101

*MAT_GURSON

(*MAT_120)

Gurson dilatational-plastic model. Available for shell and solid elements.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, N, Q1, Q2, FC, FO, EN, SN, FN, ETAN, ATYP, FFO, EPS1-EPS8, ES1-ES8, L1-L4, FF1-FF4, LCSS, LCLF, NUMINT, LCFO, LCFC, LCFN, VGTYP

Title

Material Type 120

*MAT_GURSON_JC

(*MAT_120_JC)

Enhancement of Material Type 120. Gurson model with additional Johnson-Cook failure criterion.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, N, Q1, Q2, FC, FO, EN, SN, FN, ETAN, ATYP, FFO, EPS1-EPS8, SIG1-SIG8, LCDAM, L1, L2, D1-D4, LCSS, LCFF, NUMINT, LCFO, LCFC, LCFN, VGTYP

Title

Material Type 120B

*MAT_GURSON_RCDC

(*MAT_120_RCDC)

This is an enhancement of material Type 120. This is the Gurson model with the Wilkins Rc-Dc fracture model added. This model is available for shell and solid elements.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, N, Q1, Q2, FC, FO, EN, SN, FN, ETAN, ATYP, FFO, EPS1-EPS8, ES1-ES8, L1-L4, FF1-FF4, LCSS, LCLF, NUMINT, ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, D0, B, LAMBDA, DS, L

Title

Material Type 120C

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_HIGH_EXPLOSIVE_
BURN

(*MAT_008)

Used fo the modeling of the detonation of a high explosive.

Rho, D, PCJ, BETA

Title

Material Type 8

*MAT_HILL_FOAM

(*MAT_177)

Highly compressible foam.

Rho, K, N, MU, LCID, FITTYPE, LCSR, C1-C8, B1-B8, R, M

Title

Material Type 177

*MAT_HILL_3R

(*MAT_122)

Planar anisotropic material model with 3 R values.

RO, E, PR, HR, P1, P2, ROO, R45, R90, LCID, EO

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, by system)

Material Type 122

*MAT_HILL_90

(*MAT_243)

Used for modeling sheets with anisotropic materials under plane stress conditions.

Rho, E, PR, HR, P1, P2, ITER, M, R00, R45, R90, LCID, SPI, AOPT, C, P, VLCID, FLAG, BETA

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, Pick system)

Title

Material Type 243

*MAT_HONEYCOMB

(*MAT_026)

The major use of this material model is for honeycomb and foam materials with real anisotropic behavior.

Rho, E, NU, SIGY, VF, MU, BULK, LCA, LCB, LCC, LCS, LCAB, LCBC, LCCA, LCSR, EAAU, EBBU, ECCU, GABU, GBCU, GCAU, AOPT, MACF, TSEF, SSEF

Title

Material Type 26

*MAT_HYDRAULIC_GAS_
DAMPER_DISCRETE_
BEAM

(*MAT_070)

Special purpose element represents a combined hydraulic and gas-filled damper which has a variable orifice coefficient.

RO, CO, N, PO, PA, AP, KH, LCID, FR, SCLF, CLEAR

Title

Material Type 70

*MAT_HYPERELASTIC_
RUBBER

(*MAT_077_H)

Provides a general hyperelastic rubber model combined optionally with linear viscoelasticity.

Rho, PR, N, NV, G, SIGF, REF, C10, C01, C11, C20, C02, C30, ArrayCount

Title

Material Type 77

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_INELASTIC_SPRING_
DISCRETE_BEAM

(*MAT_094)

Elastoplastic springs with damping are represented with a discrete beam element type 6.

Rho, K, FO, D, CDF, TDF, FLCID, HLCID, C1, C2, DLE, GLCID

Title

Material Type 94

*MAT_INELASTIC_6DOF_
SPRING_DISCRETE_BEAM

(*MAT_095)

Defined for simulating the effects of nonlinear inelastic and nonlinear viscous beams by using six springs each acting about one of the six local degrees of freedom.

Rho, TPIDR, TPIDS, TPIDT, RPIDR, RPIDS, RPIDT

Title

Material Type 95

*MAT_ISOTROPIC_
ELASTIC_FAILURE

(*MAT_013)

Non-iterative plasticity with simple plastic strain failure model.

Rho, G, SIGY, ETAN, BULK, EPF, PRF, REM, TREM

Title

Material Type 13

*MAT_ISOTROPIC_
ELASTIC_PLASTIC

(*MAT_012)

Very low cost isotropic plasticity model for three-dimensional solids.

Rho, G, SIGY, ETAN, BULK

Title

Material Type 12

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_JOHNSON_COOK

(*MAT_015)

The Johnson/Cook strain and temperature sensitive plasticity is sometimes used for problems where the strain rates vary over a large range and adiabatic temperature increases due to plastic heating causes material softening.

Rho, G, E, Nu, DTF, VP, RATEOP, A, B, N, C, M, TM, TR, EPSO, CP, PC, SPALL, IT, D1 - D5, C2/P

Title

Material Type 15

*MAT_JOHNSON_
HOLMQUIST_CERAMICS

(*MAT_110)

Used for modeling ceramics, glass, and other brittle materials.

RO, G, A, B, C, M, N, EPSI, T, SFMAX, HEL, PHEL, BETA, D1, D2, K1, K2, K3, FS

Title

Material Type 110

*MAT_JOHNSON_
HOLMQUIST_CONCRETE

(*MAT_111)

Used for modeling concrete subjected to large strains, high strain rates, and high pressures.

Rho, G, A, B, C, N, FC, T, EPS0, EFMIN, SFMAX, PC, UC, PL, UL, D1, D2, K1, K2, K3, FS

Title

Material Type 111

*MAT_JOHNSON_HOLMQUIST_JH1

(*MAT_241)

Used for modeling ceramics, glass, and other brittle materials.

Rho, G, P1, S1, P2, S2, C, EPSI, T, ALPHA, SFMAX, BETA, DP1, EPFMIN, EPFMAX, K1, K2, K3, FS

Title

Material Type 241

*MAT_KELVIN-
MAXWELL_VISCOELASTIC

(*MAT_061)

Used for modeling viscoelastic bodies, such as foams.

Rho, BULK, G0, G1, DC, FO, SO

Title

Material Type 61

*MAT_KINEMATIC_HARDENING_BARLAT2000

(*MAT_242)

Used to model metal sheets under cyclic plasticity loading and with anisotropy in plane stress condition.

Rho, E, Nu, M, ALPHA1-ALPHA8, CB, Y, SC, K, RSAT, SB, H, AOPT, IOPT

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, By system)

Title

Material Type 242

*MAT_KINEMATIC_HARDENING_BARLAT89

(*MAT_226)

Used to model metal sheets under cyclic plasticity loading and with anisotropy in place stress condition.

Rho, E, Nu, M, R00, R45, R90, CB, Y, SC, K, RSAT, SB, H, HLCID, AOPT, IOPT, C1, C2, BETA

Anisotropy axis definition (By element nodes, By point, Define global vector, Define local vector, Pick system)

Title

Material Type 226

*MAT_KINEMATIC_
HARDENING_
TRANSVERSELY_
ANISOTROPIC

(*MAT_125)

RO, E, PR, R, CB, Y, SC, K, RSAT, SB, H, EA, COE

Title

Material Type 125

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_LAMINATED_
COMPOSITE_FABRIC

(*MAT_058)

Depending on the type of failure surface, may be used to model composite materials with unidirectional layers, complete layers, complete laminates, and woven fabrics.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, TAU1, GAMMA1, GAB, GBC, GCA, SLIMT1, SLIMC1, SLIMT2, SLIMC2, SLIM2, TSIZE, ERODS, SOFT, FS, E11C, E11T, E22C, E22T, GMS, XC, XT, YC, YT, SC

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (By element nodes, Define global vector, Define local vector, Pick system)

Material Type 58

*MAT_LAMINATED_GLASS

(*MAT_032)

With this material model, a layered glass including polymeric layers can be modeled.

Rho, E, Nu, SYG, ETG, EFG, EP, PRP, SYP, ETP

Title

Material Type 32

*MAT_LAYERED_LINEAR_
PLASTICITY

(*MAT_114)

Layered elastoplastic material with an arbitrary stress versus strain curve and an arbitrary strain rate dependency can be defined.

RO, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, FAIL, TDEL, C, P, LCSS, LCSR, EPS1-EPS8, ES1-ES8

Title

Material Type 114

*MAT_LINEAR_ELASTIC_
DISCRETE_BEAM

(*MAT_066)

Used for simulating the effects of a linear elastic beam by using six springs each acting about one of the six local degrees of freedom.

Rho, TKR, TKS, TKT, RKR, RKS, RKT,TDR, TDS, TDT, RDR, RDS, RDT, FOR, FOS, FOT, MOR, MOS, MOT

Title

Material Type 66

*MAT_LOW_DENSITY_FOAM

(*MAT_057)

Used for modeling high density foams.

Rho, E, LCID, TC, HU, BETA, DAMP, SHAPE, FAIL, ED, BETA1, KCON, REF

Title

Material Type 57

*MAT_LOW_DENSITY_
SYNTHETIC_FOAM

(*MAT_179)

Used for modeling rate independent low density foams, which have the property that the hysteresis in the loading-unloading curve is considerably reduced after the first loading cycle.

Rho, E, LCID1, LCID2, HU, BETA, DAMP, SHAPE, FAIL, BVFLAG, ED, BETA1, KCON, REF, TC

Options (None, DEFINE TABLE, FAILURE)

Title

DAMP_Option

Material Type 179

*MAT_LOW_DENSITY_SYNTHETIC_FOAM_WITH_FAILURE

(*MAT_179_WITH_FAILURE)

Used for modeling rate independent low density foams, which have the property that the hysteresis in the loading-unloading curve is considerably reduced after the first loading cycle.

Rho, E, LCID1, LCID2, HU, BETA, DAMP, SHAPE, FAIL, BVFLAG, ED, BETA1, KCON, REF, TC, K, GAMA1, GAMA2, EH

Title

DAMP_Option

Material Type 179

*MAT_LOW_DENSITY_SYNTHETIC_FOAM_
ORTHO

(*MAT_180)

Used for modeling rate independent low density foams, which have the property that the hysteresis in the loading-unloading curve is considerably reduced after the first loading cycle.

Rho, E, LCID1, LCID2, HU, BETA, DAMP, SHAPE, FAIL, BVFLAG, ED, BETA1, KCON, REF, TC

Options (None, DEFINE TABLE, FAILURE)

Title

DAMP_Option

Material Type 180

*MAT_LOW_DENSITY_SYNETHIC_FOAM_ORTHO_WITH_FAILURE

(*MAT_180_WITH_FAILURE)

Used for modeling rate independent low density foams, which have the property that the hysteresis in the loading-unloading curve is considerably reduced after the first loading cycle.

Rho, E, LCID1, LCID2, HU, BETA, DAMP, SHAPE, FAIL, BVFLAG, ED, BETA1, KCON, REF, TC, K, GAMA1, GAMA2, EH

Title

DAMP_Option

Material Type 180

*MAT_LOW_DENSITY_VISCOUS_FOAM

(*MAT_073)

Used for modeling Low Density Urethane Foam with high compressibility and with rate sensitivity which can be characterized by a relaxation curve.

Rho, E, LCID, TC, HU, BETA, DAMP, SHAPE, FAIL, BVFLAG, KCON, LCID2, BSTART, TRAMP, NV

Title

DAMP_Option

Material Type 73

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_MICROMECHANICS_DRY_FABRIC

(*MAT_235)

Used for modeling the elastic response of loose fabric used in inflatable structures, parachutes, body armor, blade containments, and airbags.

Rho, E1, E2, G12, G23, V12, V23, XT, THI, THL, BFI, BWI, DSCF, CNST, ATLR, VMB, VME, TRS, FFLG, AOPT

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, Pick system)

Title

Material Type 235

*MAT_MODIFIED_
CRUSHABLE_FOAM

(*MAT_163)

Dedicated to modeling crushable foam with optional damping, tension cutoff, and strain rate effects.

Rho, E, PR, TID, TSC, DAMP, NCYCLE, SCRLMT

Title

Material Type 163

*MAT_MODIFIED_
HONEYCOMB

(*MAT_126)

Used for aluminum honeycomb crushable foam materials with anisotropic behavior.

Rho, E, NU, SIGY, VF, MU, BULK, LCA, LCB, LCC, LCS, LCAB, LCBC, LCCA, LCSR, EAAU, EBBU, ECCU, GABU, GCAU, AOPT, MACF, TSEF, SSEF, VREF, TREF, SHDFLG

Title

LCA, LCB, LCC, LCS, LCAB, LCBC, LCCA options

Material Type 126

*MAT_MODIFIED_
PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY

(*MAT_123)

An elasto-plastic material with an arbitrary stress versus strain curve and arbitrary strain-rate dependency can be defined.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, FAIL, TDEL, C, P, LCSS, LCSR, VP, EPSTHIN, EPSMAJ, NUMINT, ArrayCount, EPS, ES

RATE_Option

RTCL_Option

Title

Material Type 123

*MAT_MODIFIED_
PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY_RATE

(*MAT_123_RATE)

An elasto-plastic material with an arbitrary stress versus strain curve and arbitrary strain rate dependency can be defined.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, FAIL, TDEL, C, P, LCSS, LCSR, VP, EPSTHIN, EPSMAJ, NUMINT, ArrayCount, EPS, ES, LCTSRF

Title

Material Type 123

*MAT_MODIFIED_
PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY_RTCL

(*MAT_123_RTCL)

An elasto-plastic material with an arbitrary stress versus strain curve and arbitrary strain rate dependency can be defined.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, FAIL, TDEL, C, P, LCSS, LCSR, VP, EPSTHIN, EPSMAJ, NUMINT, ArrayCount, EPS, ES, LCTSRF

Title

Material Type 123

*MAT_MODIFIED_
ZERILLI_ARMSTRONG

(*MAT_065)

Rate and temperature sensitive plasticity model which is sometimes preferred in ordinance design calculations.

Rho, G, E0, N, TROOM, PC, SPALL, C1-C6, EFAIL, VP, B1-B3, G1-G4, BULK

Title

Material Type 65

*MAT_MOMENT_
CURVATURE_BEAM

(*MAT_166)

Beam material for performing non-liner elastic or multi-linear plastic analysis.

MID, RO, E, ELAF, EPFLG, CTA, CTB, CTT

N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8

LCMS1, LCMS2, LCMS3, LCMS4, LCMS5, LCMS6, LCMS7, LCMS8

LCMT1, LCMT2, LCMT3, LCMT4, LCMT5, LCMT6, LCMT7, LCMT8

LCT1, LCT2, LCT3, LCT4, LCT5, LCT6, LCT7, LCT8

Multi-Linear Plastic Analysis Only: CFA, CFB, CFT, HRULE, REPS, RBETA, RCAPAY, RCAPAZ

Material Type 166

*MAT_MOONEY_RIVLIN_RUBBER

(*MAT_027)

A two-parametric material model for rubber can be defined.

Rho, NU, A, B, REF, SGL, SW, ST, LCID

Title

Material Type 27

*MAT_MTS

(*MAT_088)

Available for applications involving large strains, high pressures and strain rates.

RO, SIGA, SIGI, SIGS, SIGO, BULK, HFO, HF1, HF2, SIGSO, EDOTSO, BURG, CAPA, BOLTZ, SMO, SM1, SM2, EDOTO, GO, PINV, QINV, EDOT1, GOI, PINVI, QINVI, EDOTS, GOS, PINVS, QINVS, RHOCPR, TEMPRF, ALPHA, EPSO

Title

Material Type 88

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_NONLINEAR_ELASTIC_DISCRETE_
BEAM

(*MAT_067)

Used for simulating the effects of nonlinear elastic and nonlinear viscous beams by using six springs each acting about one of the six local degrees of freedom.

Rho, LCIDTR, LCIDTS, LCIDTT, LCIDRR, LCIDRS, LCIDRT, LCIDTDR, LCIDTDS, LCIDTDT, LCIDRDR, LCIDRDS, LCIDRDT, FOR, FOS, FOT, MOR, MOS, MOT

Title

Failure

Material Type 67

*MAT_NONLINEAR_ORTHOTROPIC

(*MAT_040)

Used fo the definition of an orthotropic nonlinear elastic material based on a finite strain formulation with the initial geometry as the reference.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, DT, TRAMP, ALPHA, LCIDA, LCIDB, EFAIL, DTFAIL, CDAMP, AOPT, MACF, LCIDC, LCIDAB, LCIDBC, LCIDCA

Title

Material Type 40

*MAT_NONLINEAR_PLASTIC_DISCRETE_
BEAM

(*MAT_068)

Used for simulating the effects of nonlinear elastoplastic, linear viscous behavior of beams by using six springs each acting about one of the six local degrees of freedom.

Rho, TKR, TKS, RKR, RKS, RKT, TDR, TDS, TDT, RDR, RDS, RDT, LCPDR, LCPDS, LCPDT, LCPMR, LCPMS, LCPMT, FFAILR, FFAILS, FFAILT, MFAILR, MFAILS, MFAILT, UFAILR, UFAILS, UFAILT, TFAILR, TFAILS, TFAILT, FOR, FOS, FOT, MOR, MOS, MOT

Title

Material Type 68

*MAT_NULL

(*MAT_009)

Allows equations of state to be considered without computing deviatoric stresses.

Ro, PC, MU, TEROD, CEROD, E, PR

Title

Material Type 9

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_OGDEN_RUBBER

(*MAT_077_O)

Provides the Ogden (1984) rubber model combined optionally with linear viscoelasticity.

Rho, PR, N, NV, G, SIGF, REF, MU1, MU2, MU3, MU4, MU5, MU6, MU7, MU8, AL1, AL2, AL3, AL4, AL5, AL6, AL7, AL8, ViscoConst

Title

Material Type 77

*MAT_ORIENTED_CRACK

(*MAT_017)

This material may be used to model brittle materials which fail due to large tensile stresses.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, FS, PRF

Title

Material Type 17

*MAT_ORTHOTROPIC_ELASTIC

(*MAT_002)

Valid for modeling the elastic-orthotropic behavior of solids, shells and thick shells.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, G, SIGF

Aniso_Option

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, by system)

Material Type 2

*MAT_ORTHOTROPIC_SIMPLIFIED_DAMAGE

(*MAT_221)

An orthotropic material with optional simplified damage and optional failure for composites can be defined. Only valid for 3D solid elements with reduced or full integration.

Rho, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, AOPT, MACF, NERODE, NDAM, EPS1TF-EPS3TF, EPS1CF-EPS3CF, EPS12F, EPS23F, EPS13F, EPSD1T, DPSC1T, CDAM1T, EPS2DT, EPSC2T, CDAM2T, EPSD3T, EPSC3T, CDAM3T, EPSD1C, EPSC1C, CDAM1C, EPSD2C, EPSC2C, CDAM2C, EPSD3C, EPSC3C, CDAM3C, EPSD12, EPSC12, CDAM12, EPSD23, EPSC23, CDAM23, EPSD31, EPSC31, CDAM31

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, by system)

Title

Material Type 221

*MAT_ORTHOTROPIC_THERMAL

(*MAT_021)

A linearly elastic, orthotropic material with orthotropic thermal expansion.

RO, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA, AA, AB, AC, AOPT, MACF, REF

Title

Material Type 21

*MAT_ORTHOTROPIC_VISCOELASTIC

(*MAT_086)

Allows the definition of an orthotropic material with a viscoelastic part. Applies to shell elements.

RO, EA, EB, EC, VF, K, GO, GINF, BETA, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, GAB, GBC, GCA

Title

Anistropy axis definition (By element nodes, Define global vector, Define local vector, Pick system)

Material Type 86

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_PIECEWISE_
LINEAR_PLASTICITY

(*MAT_024)

An elasto-plastic material with an arbitrary stress versus strain curve and arbitrary strain rate dependency can be defined.

Rho, E, NU, SIGY, ETAN, EPPF, TDEL, C, P, LCSS, LCSR, VP, ArrayCount

Title

Material Type 24

*MAT_PLASTICITY_
COMPRESSION_TENSION

(*MAT_124)

An isotropic elastic-plastic material where unique yield stress versus plastic strain curves can be defined for compression and tension.

RO, E, PR, C, P, Fail, TDEL, LCIDC, LCIDT, LCSRC, LCSRT, SRFLAG, LCFAIL, PC, PT, PCUTC, PCUTT, PCUTF, K, ArrayCount, GI, beta

Title

Material Type 124

*MAT_PLASTICITY_
COMPRESSION_TENSION_E0S

(*MAT_155)

An isotropic elastic-plastic material where unique yield stress versus plastic strain curves can be defined for compression and tension.

RO, E, PR, C, P, Fail, TDEL, LCIDC, LCIDT, LCSRC, LCSRT, SRFLAG, PC, PT, PCUTC, PCUTT, PCUTF, K, ArrayCount, GI, beta

Title

Material Type 155

*MAT_PLASTIC_
KINEMATIC

(*MAT_003)

Suited to model isotropic and kinematic hardening plasticity with the option of including rate effects.

Rho, E, NU, SIGY, ETAN, BETA, SRC, SRP, FS, VP

Title

Material Type 3

*MAT_PLASTICITY_
POLYMER

(*MAT_089)

An elasto-plastic material with an arbitrary stress versus strain curve and arbitrary strain rate dependency can be defined.

RO, E, PR, C, P, LSCC, LCSR, EFTX, DAMP, RATEFAC, LCFAIL

Title

Material Type 89

*MAT_PLASTICITY_
WITH_DAMAGE

(*MAT_082, *MAT_081)

An elasto-visco-plastic material with an arbitrary stress versus strain curve and arbitrary strain rate dependency can be defined.

RO, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, EPPF, TDEL, C, P, LCSS, LCSR, EPPFR, VP, LCDM, NUMINT, ArrayCount

Options (None, ORTHO, ORTHO_RCDC)

Title

Material Types 81-82

*MAT_PLASTICITY_
WITH_DAMAGE_ORTHO

(*MAT_081_ORTHO)

Invokes an orthotropic damage model

RO, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, EPPF, TDEL, C, P, LCSS, LCSR, EPPFR, VP, LCDM, NUMINT, ArrayCount

Title

Material Types 81-82

*MAT_PLASTICITY_
WITH_DAMAGE_ORTHO_RCDC

(*MAT_082_ORTHO_RCDC)

Invokes the damage model developed by Wilkins

RO, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, EPPF, TDEL, C, P, LCSS, EPPFR, VP, LCDM, NUMINT, ArrayCount, ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, D0, B, LAMBA, DS, L

Material Types 81-82

*MAT_PML_ELASTIC

(*MAT_230)

A perfectly-matched layer (PML) material. An absorbing layer material used to simulate wave propagation in an unbounded isotropic elastic medium. Only available for solid 8-node bricks (element type 2).

Rho, E, Nu

Title

Material Type 230

*MAT_PML_ELASTIC_FLUID

(*MAT_230_FLUID)

A perfectly-matched layer (PML) material with a pressure fluid constitutive law. Used in a wave-absorbing layer adjacent to a fluid material (*MAT_ELASTIC_FLUID) in order to simulate wave propagation in an unbound fluid medium.

Rho, K, VC

Title

Material Type 230

*MAT_POLYMER

(MAT_168)

Used for brick elements.

Rho, E, PR, GAMMA0, DG, SC, ST, TEMP, K, CR, N, C

Title

Material Type 168

*MAT_POWDER

(*MAT_271)

Used to analyze the compaction and sintering of cemented carbides. Only available for solid elements.

Material Type 271

*MAT_POWER_LAW_
PLASTICITY

(*MAT_018)

This is an isotropic plasticity model with rate effects which uses a power law hardening rule.

Rho, E, NU, K, N, SRC, SRP, SIGY, VP

Title

Material Type 18

*MAT_PSEUDO_TENSOR

(*MAT_016)

This model has been used to analyze buried steel reinforced concrete structures subjected to impulsive loadings.

Rho, G, PR, SIGF, A0, A1, A2, A0F, A1F, B1, PER, ER, PRR, SIGY, ETAN, LCP, LCR, X1- X16, YS1-YS16

Title

Material Type 16

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_RATE_SENSITIVE_POLYMER

(*MAT_141)

Used to model the simulation of an isotropic ductile polymer with strain rate effects.

Known as the modified Ramaswamy-Stouffer model.

Rho, E, PR, Do, N, Zo, Q, OMEGA

Title

Material Type 141

*MAT_RATE_SENSITIVE_
POWERLAW_PLASTICITY

(*MAT_064)

Used to model strain rate sensitive elasto-plastic material with a power law hardening.

Rho, E, Nu, K, M, N, E0, VP, EPS0

Title

K_Option

Material Type 64

*MAT_RESULTANT_ANISOTROPIC

(*MAT_170)

This model is available for the Belytschko-Tsay and the C0 triangular shell elements and is based on a resultant stress formulation.

Rho, E11P, E22P, V12P, V21P, G12P, G23P, G31P, E11B, E22B, V12B, V21B, G12B, AOPT, LN11, LN22, LN12, LQ1, LQ2, LM11, LM22, LM12

Title

Material Type 170

*MAT_RESULTANT_PLASTICITY

(*MAT_028)

A resultant formulation for beam and shell elements including elasto-plastic behavior can be defined.

Rho, E, NU, SIGY, ETAN

Title

Material Type 28

*MAT_RIGID

(*MAT_020)

Parts made from this material are considered to belong to a rigid body (for each part ID).

Rho, E, NU, N, COUPLE, M, ALIAS, CMO, A1-A3, V1-V3

Title

LocalCoordinateSystem

Material Type 20

*MAT_RIGID_DISCRETE

(*MAT_220)

Rigid material for shells or solids.

Rho, E, PR

Title

Material Type 220

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_SAMP-1

(*MAT_187)

Uses an isotropic C-1 smooth yield surface for the description of non-reinforced plastics.

RO, BULK, GMOD, EMOD, NUE, LCID-T, LCID-C, LCID-S, LCID-B, NUEP, LCID-P, LCID-D, DC, DEPRPT, LCID_TRI, LCID_LC, MITER, MIPS, IVM, IQUAD, ICONV

Title

Material Type 187

*MAT_SCHWER_
MURRARY_CAP_MODEL

(*MAT_145)

The Schwer & Murray Cap Model, known as the Continuous Surface Cap Model, is a three invariant extension of the Geological Cap Model (Material Type 25) that also includes viscoplasticity for rate effects and damage mechanics to model strain softening.

RO, SHEAR, BULK, GRUN, SHOCK, PORE, ALPHA, THETA, GAMMA, BETA, EFIT, FFIT, ALPHAN, CALPHA, R0, X0, IROCK, SECP, AFIT, BFIT, RDAMO, W, D1, D2, NPLOT, EPSMAX, CFIT, DFIT, TFAIL, FAILFG, DBETA, DDELTA, VPTAU, ALPHA1, THETA1, GAMMA1, BETA1, ALPHA2, THETA2, GAMMA2, BETA2

Title

Material Type 145

*MAT_SEATBELT

(*MAT_B01)

Define a seat belt material.

MPUL, LLCID, ULCID, LMIN

Title

Material Type B01

*MAT_SEISMIC_BEAM

(*MAT_191)

Enables lumped plasticity to be developed at the 'node 2' end of Belytschko-Schwer beams (resultant formulation).

Rho, E, PR, ASFLAG, FTYPE, DEGRAD, IFEMA, LCPMS, SFS, LCPMT, SFT, LCAT, SFAT, LCAC, SFAC, ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, DELTA, A, B, FOFFS

Title

Material Type 191

*MAT_SHAPE_MEMORY

(*MAT_030)

This material model describes the superelastic response present in shape-memory alloys that is the peculiar material ability to undergo large deformations with full recovery in loading-unloading cycles.

Rho, E, Nu, SIG_ASS, SIG_ASF, SIG_SAS, SIG_SAF, EPSL, ALPHA, YMRT

Title

Material Type 30

*MAT_SID_DAMPER_DISCRETE_BEAM

(*MAT_069)

The side impact dummy uses a damper that is not adequately treated by the nonlinear force versus relative velocity curves since the force characteristics are dependent on the displacement of the piston.

Rho, SST, D, R, H, K, C, C3, STF, RHOF, C1, C2, LCIDF, LCIDD, S0, ArrayCount

Title

K_Option

Material Type 69

*MAT_SIMPLIFIED_JOHNSON_COOK

(*MAT_098)

Used for problems where the strain rates vary over a large range.

Rho, E, PR, VP, A, B, N, C, PSFAIL, SIGMAX, SIGSAT, EPSO

Title

Material Type 98

*MAT_SIMPLIFIED_JOHNSON_COOK_ORTHOTROPIC_DAMAGE

(*MAT_099)

Implemented with multiple through thickness integration points. Extension of Model 98 to include orthotropic damage as a means of treating failure in aluminum panels.

Rho, E, PR, VP, EPPFR, LCDM, NUMINT, A, B, N, C, PSFAIL, SIGMAX, SIGSAT, EPSO

Title

Material Type 99

*MAT_SIMPLIFIED_RUBBER_FOAM

(*MAT_181)

Provides a rubber and foam model defined by a single uniaxial load curve or by a family of uniaxial curves at discrete strain rates.

Rho, KM, MU, G, SIGF, REF, PRTEN, SGL, SW, ST, LC/TBID, TENSION, RTYPE, AVGOPT, PR/BETA

With-Failure

Title

Material Type 181

*MAT_SIMPLIFIED_RUBBER_FOAM_WITH_FAILURE

(*MAT_181_WITH_FAILURE)

Provides a rubber and foam model defined by a single uniaxial load curve or by a family of uniaxial curves at discrete strain rates.

Rho, KM, MU, G, SIGF, REF, PRTEN, SGL, SW, ST, LC/TBID, TENSION, RTYPE, AVGOPT, PR/BETA

Title

Material Type 181

*MAT_SIMPLIFIED_RUBBER_WITH_DAMAGE

(*MAT_183)

Provides an incompressible rubber model defined by a single uniaxial load curve for loading (or a table if rate effects are considered) and a single uniaxial load curve for unloading.

RHO, K, MU, G, SIGF, SGL, SW, ST, LCLD, TENSION, RTYPE, AVGOPT, LCUNLD

Title

Material Type 183

*MAT_SOIL_AND_FOAM

(*MAT_005)

Simple model that works in some ways like a fluid.

Rho, G, BULK, A0 - A2, PC, VCR, REF, EPS, P

Title

Material Type 5

*MAT_SOIL_AND_FOAM_FAILURE

(*MAT_014)

The input for this model is the same as for *MAT_SOIL_AND_FOAM; however, when the pressure reaches the failure pressure, the element loses its ability to carry tension.

Rho, G, BULK, A0 - A2, PC, VCR, REF, EPS, P

Title

Material Type 14

*MAT_SOIL_CONCRETE

(*MAT_078)

Permits concrete and soil to be efficiently modeled.

Rho, G, K, LCPV, LCYP, LCFP, LCRP, PC, OUT, B, FAIL

Title

Material Type 78

*MAT_SPECIAL_ORTHOTROPIC

(*MAT_130)

Applies to Belytschko-Tsay and the C0 triangular shell elements.

Rho, YS, EP, E11P, E22P, V12P, V21P, G12P, G23P, G31P, E11B, E22B, V12B, V21B, G12B, AOPT, BETA

Title

Material Type 130

*MAT_SPOTWELD

(*MAT_100)

Applies to beam elements Type 9 and to solid elements Type 1 with Type 6 hourglass controls.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ET, DT, TFAIL, EFAIL, NRR, NRS, MRR, MSS, MTT, NF

Damage-Failure

Title

LCID-NRR

LCID-NRS

Material Type 100

*MAT_SPOTWELD_
DAIMLER_CHRYSLER

(*MAT_100_DAIMLER_CHRYSLER)

Applies to solid elements Type 1 with Type 6 hourglass controls.

RO, E, PR, DT, TFAIL, EFAIL, NF, RS, TRUE_T, CON_ID

Title

Material Type 100

*MAT_SPOTWELD_DAMAGE-FAILURE

(*MAT_100_DAMAGE-FAILURE)

Applies to beam element type 9 and to solid element type 1 with type 6 hourglass controls.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ET, DT, TFAIL, OPT, EFAIL, NRR, NRS, NRT, MRR, MSS, MTT, NF, RS, OPT, FVAL, TRUE_T, BETA

Title

Material Type 100

*MAT_SPRING_ELASTIC

(*MAT_S01)

Used for discrete springs and dampers. Provides a  translational or rotational elastic spring located between two nodes.

K

Title

Material Type SD-1

*MAT_SPRING_
ELASTOPLASTIC

(*MAT_S03)

Used for discrete springs and dampers. Provides an elastoplastic translational or rotational spring with isotropic hardening located between two nodes.

K, KT, FY

Title

Material Type SD-3

*MAT_SPRING_GENERAL_NONLINEAR

(*MAT_S06)

Used for discrete springs and dampers. Provides a general nonlinear translational or rotational spring with arbitrary loading and unloading definitions.

LCDL, LCDU, BETA, TYI, CYI

Title

Material Type SD-6

*MAT_SPRING_INELASTIC

(*MAT_S08)

Used for discrete springs and dampers. Provides an inelastic tension or compression only, translational or rotational spring.

LCFD, KU, CTF

Title

Material Type SD-8

*MAT_SPRING_MAXWELL

(*MAT_S07)

Used for discrete springs and dampers. Provides a three Parameter Maxwell Viscoelastic translational or rotational spring.

K0, KI, BETA, TC, FC, COPT

Title

Material Type SD-7

*MAT_SPRING_
NONLINEAR_ELASTIC

(*MAT_S04)

Used for discrete springs and dampers. Provides a nonlinear elastic translational and rotational spring with arbitrary force versus displacement and moment versus rotation, respectively.

LCD, LCR

Title

Material Type SD-4

*MAT_STEEL_EC3

Tables and formulae from Eurocode 3 are used to derive the mechanical properties and their variation with temperature, although these can be overriden by user-defined curves.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, LC_E, LC_PR, LC_AL, TBL_SS, LC_FS

Title

Material Type 202

*MAT_STEINBERG

(*MAT_011)

This material is available for modeling materials deforming at very high strain rates (>105) and can be used with solid elements.

Rho, G0, SIGO, BETA, N, GAMMA, SIGM, B, BP, H, F, A, TMO, GAMO, SA, PC, SPALL, RP, FLAG, MMN, MMX, EC0 - 9

LUND, Title

Material Type 11

*MAT_STEINBERG_LUND

(*MAT_011_LUND)

This material is a modification of the Steinberg model to include the rate model of Steinberg and Lund (1989).

Rho, G0, SIGO, BETA, N, GAMMA, SIGM, B, BP, H, F, A, TMO, GAMO, SA, PC, SPALL, RP, FLAG, MMN, MMX, EC0 - 9, UK, C1, C2, YP, YA, YM

Title

Material Type 11

*MAT_STRAIN_RATE_DEPENDENT_PLASTICITY

(*MAT_019)

A strain rate dependent material can be defined

Rho, E, NU, VP, LC1, ETAN, LC2, LC3, LC4, TDEL, RDEF

Title

Material Type 19

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_TABULATED_JOHNSON_COOK

(*MAT_224)

Defines an elasto-viscoplastic  material with arbitrary stress  versus strain curve(s), and arbitrary strain rate dependency.

Rho, NU, CP, TR, BETA, NUMINT, LCK1, LCKT, LCF, LCG, LCH, LCI

TempDependYoungsModulus (E)

Title

Material Type 224

*MAT_TEMPERATURE_DEPENDENT_ORTHOTROPIC

(*MAT_023)

Defines an orthotropic elastic material with arbitrary temperature dependency.

RO, AOPT, REF, MACF, ArrayCount, EA, EB, EC, PRBA, PRCA, PRCB, AA, AB, AC, GAB, GBC, GCA, T

Title

Material Type 23

*MAT_THERMAL_ISOTROPIC

(*MAT_T01)

Defines isotropic thermal properties.

TRO, TGRLC, TGMULT, TLAT, HLAT, HC, TC

Title

Thermal Material Property Type 1

*MAT_THERMAL_ISOTROPIC_TD_LC

(*MAT_T06)

Defines isotropic thermal properties that are temperature dependent specified by load curves.

TRO, TGRLC, TGMULT, HCLC, TCLC

Title

TGRCL_Option

Thermal Material Property Type 6

*MAT_THERMAL_ORTHOTROPIC

(*MAT_T02)

Defines orthotropic thermal properties.

TRO, TGRLC, TGMULT, AOPT, TLAT, HLAT, HC, K1, K2, K3

Title

Thermal Material Property Type 2

*MAT_THERMO_ELASTO_VISCOPLASTIC_CREEP

(*MAT_188)

Defines creep separately from plasticity.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ALPHA, LCSS, REFTEM, QR1, CR1, QR2, CR2, QX1, CX1, QX2,  CX2, C, P, LCE, LCPR, LCSIGY, LCQR, LCQX, LCALPH, LCC, LCP, LCCR, LCCX

CRPAFunctionOfTemperature

CRPA

CRPBFunctionOfTemperature

CRPB

CRPQFunctionOfTemperature

CRPQ

CRPMFunctionOfTemperature

CRPM

CRPLAW (Optional Card 5)

Title

Material Type 188

*MAT_TRANSVERSELY_ANISOTROPIC_CRUSHABLE_FOAM

(*MAT_142)

Used for an extruded foam material that is transversely istropic, crushable, and of low density with no significant Poisson effect.

Rho, E11, E22, E12, E23, G, K, NY, ANG, MU, ISCL, MACF

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, by system)

Material Type 142

*MAT_TRANSVERSELY_ANISOTROPIC_ELASTIC_PLASTIC

(*MAT_037)

Simulates sheet forming processes with anisotropic material.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, R, HLCID

Title

Material Type 37

*MAT_TRANSVERSELY_ANISOTROPIC_ELASTIC_PLASTIC_NLP_FAILURE

(*MAT_037_NLP_FAILURE)

Simulates sheet forming processes with anisotropic material.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, R, HLCID, IDSCALE, EA, COE, ICFLD, STRAINLT

NLP_FAILURE_option

Title

Material Type 37

*MAT_TRANSVERSELY_ANISOTROPIC_ELASTIC_PLASTIC_ECHANGE

(*MAT_037_ECHANGE)

Simulates sheet forming processes with anisotropic material.

Rho, E, PR, SIGY, ETAN, R, HLCID, IDSCALE, EA, COE

ECHANGE_Option

Title

Material Type 37

*MAT_TRIP

(*MAT_113)

Isotropic elasto-plastic material model that applies to shell elements only.

RO, E, PR, CP, T0, TREF, TA0, A, B, C, D, P, Q, E0MART, VM0, AHS, BHS, M, N, EPS0, HMART, K1, K2

Title

Material Type 113

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_UHS_STEEL

(*MAT_244)

Material for hot stamping and press hardening.

Supports all parameters per LS-DYNA version 971, Release 6.1.1.

Material Type 244

*MAT_UNSUPPORTED

*MAT_USER_DEFINED_
MATERIAL

User can supply their own subroutines.

Material Types 41-50

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_VACUUM

(*MAT_140)

Dummy material representing a vacuum in a multi-material Euler/ALE model.

Rho

Title

Material Type 140

*MAT_VISCOELASTIC

(*MAT_006)

Used for the modeling of viscoelastic behavior for beams (Hughes-Liu), shells, and solids.

Rho, BULK, G0, GI, BETA

Title

Material Type 6

*MAT_VISCOELASTIC_HILL_FOAM

(*MAT_178)

Highly compressible foam.

Rho, K, N, MU, LCID1, FITTYPE, LCSR, LCVE, NT, GSTART, C1-C8, B1-B8, ArrayCount, GI, beta

Title

Material Type 178

*MAT_VISCOELASTIC_LOOSE_FABRIC

(*MAT_234)

Used for modeling the elastic and viscoelastic response of loose fabric used in body armor, blade containments, and airbags.

Rho, E1, E2, G12, EU, THL, THI, TA, W, s, T, H, S, EKA, EUA, VMB, C, G23, EKB, AOPT

Anisotropy axis definition (0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, Pick system)

Title

Material Type 234

*MAT_VISCOPLASTIC_MIXED_HARDENING

(*MAT_225)

An elasto_viscoplastic material with an arbitrary stress versus strain curve and arbitrary strain rate dependency can be defined. Kinematic, isotropic, or a combination or kinematic and isotropic hardening can be specified. Also, failure based on plastic strain can be defined.

Rho, E, Nu, LCSS, BETA, FAIL

Title

Material Type 225

*MAT_VISCOUS_FOAM

(*MAT_062)

Used to represent the Confor Foam on the ribs of EuroSID side impact dummy.

Rho, E1, N1, V2, E2, N2, Nu

Title

Material Type 62

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_WINFRITH_
CONCRETE

(*MAT_084)

Only Type 84 includes rate effects. Model is a smeared crack, smeared rebar model implemented in the 8-node single integration point continuum element.

RO, TM, PR, UCS, UTS, FE, ASIZE, E, YS, EH, UELONG, RATE, CONM, CONL, CONT, EPS1-EPS8, P1-P8

Title

Material Type 84 and Type 85

*MAT_WOOD

(*MAT_143)

Wood material.

RO, NPLOT, ITERS, IRATE, GHARD, IFAIL, IVOL, EL, ET, GLT, GTR, PR, XT, XC, YT, YC, SXY, SYZ, GF1_PAR, GF2_PAR, BFIT, DMAX, GF1_PREP, GF2_PREP, DFIT, DMAX, FLPAR, FLPARC, POWPAR, FLPER, FLPERC, POWPER, NPAR, CPAR, NPER, CPER, MACF, BETA

Options (None, Pine, Fir)

Title

Anisotropy axis definition

Material Type 143

*MAT_WOOD_FIR

(*MAT_143_FIR)

Wood material.

RO, NPLOT, ITERS, IRATE, GHARD, IFAIL, IVOL, MOIS, TEMP, QUAL_C, UNITS, IQUAL, MACF, BETA

Title

Quality factor options

Anisotropy axis definition

Material Type 143

*MAT_WOOD_OPTION

Transversely isotropic material and is available for solid elements

RO, NPLOT, ITERS, IRATE, GHARD, IFAIL, IVOL, MOIS, TEMP, QUAL_C, UNITS, IQUAL, MACF, BETA

Title

Quality factor options

Anisotropy axis definition

Material Type 143

*MAT_WOOD_PINE

(*MAT_143_PINE)

Wood material.

RO, NPLOT, ITERS, IRATE, GHARD, IFAIL, IVOL, MOIS, TEMP, QUAL_C, UNITS, IQUAL, MACF, BETA

Title

Quality factor options

Anisotropy axis definition

Material Type 143

*MAT_WTM_STM

Anisotropic-viscoplastic material model.

Rho, E, PR, NUMFI, EPSC, WC, TAUC, SIGMA0, QR1, CR1, QR2, CR2, K, LC, FLG, A1-A8, QX1, CX1, QX2, CX2, EDOT, M, EMIN, S100, AOPT, BETA

Title

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, by system)

PLC option

Material Type 135

*MAT_WTM_STM_PLC

(*MAT_135_PLC)

Anisotropic material.

Rho, E, PR, NUMFI, EPSC, WC, TAUC, SIGMA0, QR1, QR2, CR1, CR2, K, A1-A8, S, H, OMEGA, TD, ALPHA, EPS0, AOPT, BETA

Title

PLC_option

Anisotropy axis definition (0, 1, 2, 3, by system)

Material Type 135PLC

Supported Cards

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

*MAT_1DOF_GENERALIZED_SPRING

(*MAT_146)

Linear or spring damper that allows different degrees of freedom at two nodes to be coupled.

Rho, K, C, SCLN1, SCLN2, DOFN1, DOFN2, CID1, CID2

Title

Material Type 146

*MAT_3-PARAMETER_BARLAT

(*MAT_036)

Used for modeling sheets with anisotropic materials under plane stress conditions.

Rho, E, PR, HR, P1, P2, ITER, M, LCID, SPI, C, P, VLCID, HTA, HTB, HTC, HTD, BETA, HTFLAG

Title

NLP_Option

YoungsModulusAsFunctionOfStrain

R00FunctionOfPlasticStrain

R45FunctionOfPlasticStrain

R90FunctionOfPlasticStrain

Anistropy axis definition (By element nodes, Define global vector, Define local vector, Pick system)

Material Type 36

*MAT_3-PARAMETER_BARLAT_NLP

(*MAT_036_NLP)

Used for modeling sheets with anisotropic materials under plane stress conditions.

Rho, E, PR, HR, P1, P2, ITER, M, LCID, SPI, C, P, VLCID, NLP, HTB, HTC, HTD, BETA, HTFLAG

Title

YoungsModulusAsFunctionOfStrain

R00FunctionOfPlasticStrain

R45FunctionOfPlasticStrain

R90FunctionOfPlasticStrain

Anistropy axis definition (By element nodes, Define global vector, Define local vector, Pick system)

Material Type 36

Supported Card

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

COMPONENT

Material component used for definition of layered materials.

Defined on the card of the parent MATERIAL.

DAMAGE

Defined on the card of the parent MATERIAL.

MATERIAL.ANISO

Linear elastic anisotropic material model.

DENSITY, C11, C22, C44, C12, C24, C41, MAT_DIR, MAT_DIR(X), Y, Z, MU, DAMP_COEF, ASSEMBLY

airbag fabric properties

COMMENT

MAT_DIR can be specified by either selecting a coordinate system or entering the components of the direction vector. If a coordinate system was selected, the (local) direction of the X-axis is used as MAT_DIR.

KAPPA becomes available if a PERMEABILITY.MODEL is being used.

MATERIAL.ENCRYPTED

ASSEMBLY

MATERIAL.FABRIC

Loosely woven fabric material model.

DENSITY, TENSION_ONLY, MU, DAMP_COEF, MAT_DIR_1, MAT_DIR_1(X), Y, Z, E_1, SCALE_FACTOR_1, LOAD_FUNC_1, INTERPOLATION, X_SCALE, Y_SCALE, X_SHIFT, Y_SHIFT, ASSEMBLY

NR_OF_THREADS

strain rate dependent

airbag fabric properties

COMMENT

Choose the number of thread definitions.

KAPPA becomes available if a PERMEABILITY.MODEL is being used.

REDUCTION_LIMIT_STRAIN becomes available when TENSION_ONLY is ON

MATERIAL.FOAM

Foam material

DENSITY, CHAR, ASSEMBLY

strain rate dependent

COMMENT

MATERIAL.HOLE

Hole material

HOLE.MODEL, BLOCK_FLOW, CDEX, DPEX, DTEX, DELTEX, SWITCH, SWITCH_SCALE, CDP_FUNC, CDT_FUNC, SCALE_FUNC, ASSEMBLY

HOLE_AREA

HOLE_SUBSEGMENT

COMMENT

MATERIAL.HONEYCOMB

Honeycomb material model with tri-linear stress-strain behaviour.

DENSITY, E11_1, E11_2, E11_3, CMPFC_A1, E22_1, E22_2, E22_3, CMPFC_A2, E33_1, E22_2, E33_3, CMPFCA3, G12_1, G12_2, G12_3, CMPFC_A4, G23_1, G23_2, G23_3, CMPFC_A5, G31_1, G31_2, G31_3, CMPFC_A6, CMPFC_B, MAT_DIR, MAT_DIR(X), Y, Z, MAT_DIR_2(X), Y, Z, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MAT_DIR_1 and MAT_DIR_2 can be specified by either selecting one coordinate system or entering the components of both direction vectors. If a coordinate system was selected, the (local) directions of the X-axis and Y-axis are used as MAT_DIR_1 and MAT_DIR_2.

MATERIAL.
HONEYCOMB_PLASTIC

Honeycomb material using plasticity formulation.

DENSITY, MAT_DIR, MAT_DIR_1(X), Y, Z, MAT_DIR_2(X), Y, Z, E11, E22, E33, G12, G23, G31, CMPC_11_FUNC, CMPC_22_FUNC, CMPC_33_FUNC, CMPC_12_FUNC, CMPC_23_FUNC, CMPC_31_FUNC, INTERPOLATION, X_SCALE, Y_SCALE, X_SHIFT, Y_SHIFT, CMPC_VOLUME, E, NU, YIELD_STRESS, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MAT_DIR_1 and MAT_DIR_2 can be specified by either selecting one coordinate system or entering the components of both direction vectors. If a coordinate system was selected, the (local) directions of the X-axis and Y-axis are used as MAT_DIR_1 and MAT_DIR_2.

MATERIAL.HYSISO

Elastic isotropic material model with hysteresis.

DENSITY, CHAR, TENSION_ONLY, ASSEMBLY

airbag fabric properties

COMMENT

KAPPA becomes available if a PERMEABILITY.MODEL is being used.

MATERIAL.INTERFACE

Material model for interface element.

MAXTFN, AN, MAXTFS, AS, GMODE1, GMODE2, WINDOW, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MATERIAL.ISOLIN

Linear elastic isotropic material

DENSITY, E, NU, TENSION_ONLY, MU, DAMP_COEF, ASSEMBLY

apply damage

airbag fabric properties

COMMENT

KAPPA becomes available if a PERMEABILITY.MODEL is being used.

REDUCTION_LIMIT_STRAIN becomes available when TENSION_ONLY is ON

MATERIAL.ISOPLA

Isotropic elastoplastic material.

DENSITY, E, YIELD_STRESS, NU, KAPPA, ASSEMBLY

strain rate dependent

hardening model

apply damage

airbag fabric properties

COMMENT

KAPPA becomes available if a PERMEABILITY.MODEL is being used.

MATERIAL.KELVIN1D

Linear 1-dimensional Kelvin material.

STIF, DAMP_COEF, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MATERIAL.KELVIN1D_NL

Non-linear 1-dimenional Kelvin material.

CHAR, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MATERIAL.KELVIN3D

Linear 3-dimensional Kelvin material

D1_STIF, D2_STIF, D3_STIF, R1_STIF, R2_STIF, R3_STIF,D1_DAMP, D2_DAMP, D3_DAMP, R1_DAMP, R2_DAMP, R3_DAMP, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MATERIAL.KELVIN3D_NL

Non-linear 3-dimensional Kelvin material.

D1_CHAR, D2_CHAR, D3_CHAR, R1_CHAR, R2_CHAR, R3_CHAR, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MATERIAL.LINVIS

Linear visco-elastic isotropic material.

DENSITY, BULK, GINF, GD1, TAU1, GD2, TAU2, GD3, TAU3, GD4, TAU4, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MATERIAL.MOONRIV

Mooney-Rivlin hyperelastic isotropic material (rubber materials).

DENSITY, A, B, NU, MU, DAMP_COEF, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MATERIAL.NULL

NULL material

DENSITY_NULL, ASSEMBLY

COMMENT

MATERIAL.ORTHOLIN

Linear elastic orthotropic material.

DENSITY, E11, E22, G12, NU12, TENSION_ONLY, MAT_DIR, MAT_DIR(X), Y, Z, MU, DAMP_COEF, DAMPING

apply damage

airbag fabric properties

COMMENT

MAT_DIR can be specified by either selecting a coordinate system or entering the components of the direction vector. If a coordinate system was selected, the (local) direction of the X-axis is used as MAT_DIR.

KAPPA becomes available if a PERMEABILITY.MODEL is being used.

REDUCTION_LIMIT_STRAIN becomes available when TENSION_ONLY is ON

MATERIAL.
ORTHOLIN_LAYERED

Linear elastic orthotropic layered material.

COMMENT

MAT_DIR can be specified by either selecting a coordinate system or entering the components of the direction vector. If a coordinate system was selected, the (local) direction of the X-axis is used as MAT_DIR.

KAPPA becomes available if a PERMEABILITY.MODEL is being used.

MATERIAL.ORTHOPLA

Orthotropic elastic-plastic material based on Hill's yield condition.

strain rate dependent

hardening model

apply damage

airbag fabric properties

COMMENT

MAT_DIR can be specified by either selecting a coordinate system or entering the components of the direction vector. If a coordinate system was selected, the (local) direction of the X-axis is used as MAT_DIR.

KAPPA becomes available if a PERMEABILITY.MODEL is being used.

MATERIAL.RIGID

Rigid material

COMMENT

MATERIAL.SANDWICH

Linear elastic orthotropic sandwich material.

COMMENT

MAT_DIR can be specified by either selecting a coordinate system or entering the components of the direction vector. If a coordinate system was selected, the (local) direction of the X-axis is used as MAT_DIR.

MATERIAL.STRAP

Tension-only perfect elastic-plastic material model with failure for straps.

COMMENT

MATERIAL.TONER

Tension-only elastic material with rupture.

COMMENT

MATERIAL.USER

User defined material model

COMMENT

MATERIAL.VISCO_NL

Non-linear visco-elastic isotropic material

COMMENT

PERMEABILITY

Defined on the card of the parent MATERIAL.

RATE

Defined on the card of the parent MATERIAL.

RUPTURE

THREAD

Definition of material properties via a characteristic specification for a thread (FABRIC material).

Defined on the card of the parent MATERIAL.

Supported Card

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

MAT_FOAM

NoOfSets, UnitNo, NoOfTerms, DataInputMode, ModFlag, MassDen, CoeffThermExp, RefValueu, RefValuea, RefValueb, UNSUPPORTED_DATA

MAT_ISOTROPIC

YieldCrit, HardRule, ConCrack, DataIndex, VisPlasParm, YoungMod, PoissRat, MassDensity, ThermExp, VonMises, HardType, CostPerVol, CostPerMass, StrainRateData, WorkHardData, TempEffectData

MAT_MOONEY

NoOfSets, UnitNo, DataInputMode, RivConC10, RivConC01, MassDen, CoeffThermExp, HOrderC11,  HOrderC20, HOrderC30, BulkMod, UNSUPPORTED_DATA

MAT_OGDEN

NoOfSets, UnitNo, NoOfTerms, ModelType, DataInputMode, BulkModK, MassDen, CoeffThermExp, RefValueu, RefValuea, UNSUPPORTED_DATA

MAT_ORTHOTROPIC

NoOfSets, UnitNo, YieldCrit, HardRule, IANELSFLAG, DataReadType, DataIndex, VisPlasParm, YoungModE11, YoungModE22, YoungModE33, PoisRatV12, PoisRatV23, PoisRatV31, MassDen, ShearModG12, ShearModG23, ShearModG31, ThermExpA11, ThermExpA22, ThermExpA33, CostPerVol, CostPerMass, TenYStress, EqvYStress, YRDIR1_M, YRDIR2_C1, YRDIR3_C2, YRSHR1_C3, YRSHR2_C6, YRSHR3, UNSUPPORTED_DATA, StrainRateData, WorkHardData, TempEffectData

Supported Card

Solver Description

Supported Parameters

Notes

MAT1

Defines the material properties for linear isotropic materials.

MATS1

MATEP

MATT1

MAT4 (MATT4)

MAT5

MAT2

Defines the material properties for linear anisotropic materials for two-dimensional elements.

MATEP

MATT2

MAT4

MAT5

MAT4

Defines the constant or temperature-dependent thermal material properties for conductivity, heat capacity, density, dynamic viscosity, heat generation, reference enthalpy, and latent heat associated with a single-phase change.

Supported as MAT4 material and as an optional card on the structural material definitions.

MATT4

MAT5

Defines the thermal material properties for anisotropic materials

Supported as MAT5 material and as an optional card on the structural material definitions.

MAT8

Defines the material property for an orthotropic material for isoparametric shell elements.

MATT8

MAT4

MAT5