PGASK

Bulk Data Entry

PGASK – Gasket Element Property Definition

Description

Defining the properties for solid gasket elements.

Format

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
PGASK	PID	MIDG	MID1	CORDM	H0	GAP	VOID	LEAKP
	STABMT

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
PGASK	1	2	1	1		0.5

Field	Contents
PID	Unique gasket element property identification number. No default (Integer > 0)
MIDG	A MGASK entry identification number that defines thickness-direction and transverse shear behaviors of the gasket. No default (Integer > 0)
MID1	A MAT1 entry identification number that defines membrane properties and mass density of the gasket. Blank means zero membrane stiffness, zero membrane thermal expansion coefficient, and zero mass density. Default = blank (Integer > 0 or blank)
CORDM	Material coordinate system identification number. See comment 3. -1: means the element local coordinate system. 0: means the basic coordinate system. Default = -1 (Integer > -1)
H0	Initial thickness of the gasket. Includes initial open gap and initial void of the gasket. 0.0 or blank means using initial thickness of the gasket element. Default = 0.0 (Real > 0.0)
GAP	Initial open gap of the gasket. See comment 4. Default = 0.0 (Real > 0.0)
VOID	Initial void of the gasket. See comment 4. Default = 0.0 (Real > 0.0)
LEAKP	Leakage pressure. See comment 5. Default = blank (Real > 0.0 or blank)
STABMT	Membrane and transverse shear stabilization flag. 0: no stabilization. 1: a stabilization stiffness is used, if membrane or transverse shear stiffness is zero (recommended). Default = 0 (Integer = 0 or 1)

Comments

1.	All gasket element property entries must have unique identification numbers.

2.	PGASK refers to two material entries, MGASK and MAT1. MGASK defines the thickness-direction and transverse shear behaviors of the gasket material, and MAT1 defines the membrane behavior of the gasket material.

The thickness-direction stiffness is defined with the unit of stress per unit displacement (the pressure—closure distance relationship for the thickness compression), the transverse shear stiffness is defined with either the unit of stress per unit displacement or the unit of force per unit area, and the membrane stiffness is defined with the unit of force per unit area (the stress—strain relationship).

The gasket material coordinate system can be defined as the element local coordinate system (CORDM = -1) or a prescribed system (CORDM = Integer > 0). The material local 3-direction is taken as the gasket thickness direction, and the material local 1-direction and 2-direction are taken as the gasket membrane principle directions. If the angle between the thickness direction (the material local 3-direction) and the default one (the element local 3-direction) is larger than 20 degrees, a warning will be provided.

4.	The total closure of a gasket element consists of the mechanical closure and the thermal closure, that is:

Ctotal = Cmech + Cthermal

The thermal closure, Cthermal, is calculated as:

Cthermal = ALPHA * (Tref - T) * (H0 - GAP - VOID)

The effective closure, C, which is used to determine pressure with the loading/unloading of tables defined in the MGASK card, is calculated as:

C = Cmech – GAP

If there is no initial open gap (GAP=0), C and Cmech are identical.

5.	The sealing status of gasket is detected with the leakage pressure. If the gasket pressure is larger than the leakage pressure, it is detected to be sealed – the output status index value is 1; otherwise, it is leaking – the output status index value is 0.

6.	The continuation entry is optional.

7.	This card is represented as a property in HyperMesh.