MAT6 (deprecated)

Material Property ElementThis material model is deprecated. Please see for more information.

Description

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

id
Unique material property identification number.
e
Young's modulus for the element.
nu
Poisson's ratio for the element. Default is 0.0.
rho
Element density.

Example

The example demonstrates the definition of a MAT6 element.

<MAT6 id="1" e="2.07e+5" nu="0.3" rho="7.810e-6"/>

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.