MAT6 (deprecated)

Material properties Element

Description

This material model is deprecated. Please see MAT1 for more information.

MAT6 lets you define a linearly elastic material model for NLFE elements that follows Hooke’s law. This material model considers the beam element as an elastic line passing through the beam center line.

Format

<MAT6

id = "integer"

e = "real"

nu = "real"

rho = "real"

Attributes

Unique material property identification number.

Young’s modulus for the element.

Poisson’s ratio for the element. Default is 0.0.

rho

Element density.

Comments

1.	This material element defines a linearly elastic material that obeys the Hooke’s law. Each element must have a unique material identification number.

2.	This material model can only be used with BEAM elements.

3.	This material model considers the beam element as an elastic line passing through the beam element’s center line.

4.	This material model is computationally very efficient.

Example

The example demonstrates the definition of a MAT6 element.