TABLEM4

Bulk Data Entry

TABLEM4 – Material Property Table, Form 4

Description

Defines coefficients of a power series for use in generating temperature-dependent material properties. Also contains parametric data for use with the table.

Format

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
TABLEM4	TID	X1	X2	X3	X4
	A0	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5	-etc.-

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
TABLEM4	28	0.0	1.0	0.0	100.
	2.91	-0.0329	6.51-5	0.0	-3.4-7	ENDT

Field	Contents
TID	Table identification number. (Integer > 0)
Xi	Table parameters. (Real; X2 ≠ 0.0; X3 < X4)
Ai	Coefficients. (Real)

Comments

1.	At least one continuation entry must be specified.

2.	The end of the table is indicated by the existence of "ENDT" in the field following the last entry. An error is detected if any continuations follow the entry containing the end-of-table flag "ENDT".

3.	TABLEM4 uses the algorithm:

tablem4eq

Where, x is input to the table, y is returned, and z is supplied from the MATi entry. Whenever x < X3, use X3 for x; whenever x > X4, use X4 for x. There are N + 1 entries in the table. There are no error returns from this table look-up procedure.

4.	This card is represented as a loadcollector in HyperMesh.