Materials
Material properties are used for the beam elements in constructing the leaves.
Material Properties
The Materials component is required to define the options in the Materials Properties
section:
Figure 1. Materials Component - Materials Property
- Young’s Modulus
- Defines the Young’s Modulus value for beam material.
- Shear Modulus
- Defines the shear modulus value for beam material.
- Density
- Defines the beam material density.
- Beam Damping Ratio
- Defines the beam damping ratio.
Figure 1. Materials Component - Materials Property
Material Properties for Leaf Property File (*lpf)
In the Material Properties block of leaf property file, the attribute, type, and valid value that has to be entered in TiemOrbit file format are detailed in the following table. This table also provides information about the mandatory requirements for attributes.An example of how an Material Properties block is
represented in a TiemOrbit file format is shown below:
$------------------------------------------MATERIAL_PROPERTIES
[MATERIAL_PROPERTIES]
(STEEL)
SHEARMODULUS = 80000.0
YOUNGMODULUS = 205000.0
DENSITY – 7.8E-06
BEAMDAMPINGRATIO = 0.001
- Block Name = ‘MATERIAL_PROPERTIES’ (Required)
- Sub-block Name = ‘steel’ (Default)
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Attributes Type Valid Value Required youngsModulus Real Units should be MPa Yes shearModulus Real Units should be MPa Yes Density Real Units should be Kg/mm3 Yes beamDampingRatio Real - Yes