/MAT/LAW119 (SH_SEATBELT)

Block Format Keyword This orthotropic shell material is designed for 2D seatbelt element.

Format

(1)	(2)	(3)	(5)	(7)
/MAT/LAW119/`mat_ID`/`unit_ID` or /MAT/SH_SEATBELT/`mat_ID`/`unit_ID`
`mat_title`
`M`		`Lmin`
`K`		C	`R`_E
`fct_ID`₁	`fct_ID`₂	`Fscale1`	`Fscale2`
`E`₂₂		$ν$ ₁₂	`G`₁₂	`Fscale22`
`E`_c		$ν_{c}$	`T`_c

Definitions

Field	Contents	SI Unit Example
`mat_ID`	Material identifier. (Integer, maximum 10 digits)
`unit_ID`	(Optional) Unit identifier. (Integer, maximum 10 digits)
`mat_title`	Material title. (Character, maximum 100 characters)
`M`	Mass per unit length of the seatbelt. (Real)	$[\frac{kg}{m}]$
`Lmin`	Minimum length. Only used with /SLIPRING/SHELL. (Real)	$[m]$
`K`	Linear loading and unloading stiffness per unit length. Used only if $f c t_I D_{1 i} = 0$ . (Real)	$[N]$
`C`	Linear Damping coefficient per unit length If not defined, a small amount of damping is automatically applied. (Real)	$[N s]$
`R`_E	Reduction factor value for compression behavior. Minimum value, `R`_E > 0.001. Default =1.0 (Real)
`fct_ID`₁	Function identifier defining loading force versus engineering strain or table identifier for set of strain rate dependent loading curve f(ε). (Integer)
`fct_ID`₂	Function identifier defining unloading force versus engineering strain f(ε). Not used when element is inside slipring or retractors. (Integer)
`Fscale1`	Scale factor for f(ε) for `fct_ID`₁. Default = 1.0 (Real)	$[N]$
`Fscale2`	Scale factor for f(ε) for `fct_ID`₂. Default = 1.0 (Real)	$[N]$
`E`₂₂	Young’s modulus in transverse direction. 8 (Real)	$[Pa]$
$ν$ ₁₂	Poisson’s ratio. Default = 0.2 (Real)
`G`₁₂	Shear modulus. 9 (Real)	$[Pa]$
`Fscale22`	Stiffness scaling factor for transverse direction. Not used in current version. Default = 0.0 (Real)
`E`_c	Young’s modulus for coating layer. Not used in current version. Default = 0.0 (Real)	$[Pa]$
$ν_{c}$	Poisson’s ratio for coating layer. Not used in current version. Default = $ν$ ₁₂ (Real)
`T`_c	Thickness for coating layer. Not used in current version. (Real)	$[m]$

Example

#RADIOSS STARTER
#---1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|----8----|----9----|---10----|
/UNIT/1
Seatbelt
                  Mg                  mm                   s
#---1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|----8----|----9----|---10----|
/MAT/SH_SEATBELT/1/1
Seatbelt
#            Density                Lmin
                1E-6                   0    
#              KTens               CTens                  RE
               10000                 1.1                 1.0
#  fct_ID1   fct_ID2             Fscale1             Fscale2
         0         0                   0                   0
#                E22                NU12                 G12            Fscale22
                   0                   0                   0                   0
#                 Ec                 NUC                  TC
                   0                   0                   0
#---1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|----8----|----9----|---10----|
#ENDDATA
/END
#---1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|----8----|----9----|---10----|

Comments

This material law is orthotropic and can only be used with /PROP/TYPE9 (SH_ORTH). The seatbelt main direction is direction 1 and the transverse direction is direction 2. Seatbelt main (direction 1) is defined from node 1 and node 2 of the shell element. Any other way to define orthotropy directions in /PROP/TYPE9 is not taken into account.
A 2D seatbelt element is, in fact, a combination of seatbelt springs elements and seatbelt shells. The longitudinal stiffness is mainly carried by springs (99%), whereas transverse stiffness is carried by the shells. The springs are automatically generated on the edges of the shell elements corresponding to the seatbelt main direction (direction 1). If an edge is common to 2 shells, then only 1 spring is generated.

Figure 1.
The tension behavior can be defined either as linear elastic, if K > 0 or nonlinear fct_ID₁= 0. It corresponds to the total stiffness of the seatbelt.
fct_ID₂ is used for the unloading and reloading of the seatbelt. If fct_ID₂ is not defined (fct_ID₂ > 0), fct_ID₁ is also used for unloading and reloading.
fct_ID₁ and fct_ID₂ must be defined for positive strain only.
The stiffness per unit length is the stiffness of the whole seatbelt. It is internally computed as a Young's modulus using the section of the seatbelt that is automatically computed. As the section (width * thickness) of the belt is internally computed, the same material can not be applied to several seatbelts having different sections.
The seatbelt Young's modulus is automatically computed from the input stiffness defined in the seatbelt direction (either by K or the maximum slop of the curve fct_ID₁ if defined).
Default value for transversal modulus E₂₂ is defined a percentage of stiffness of the belt.(1)
$E_{22} = 0.1 \cdot (\frac{K}{seatbelt section})$
Default value for shear modulus is defined as a small percentage of stiffness of the belt.(2)
$G_{12} = \frac{0.01}{2 \cdot (1 + ν_{12})} \cdot (\frac{K}{seatbelt section})$
Minimum length Lmin is used only in case of sliprings (/SLIPRING/SHELL) to prevent stiffness becoming infinite and causing the time step to drop.