TABLEM4

Bulk Data Entry 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.

Example

(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

Definitions

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

Comments

At least one continuation entry must be specified.
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.
TABLEM4 uses the algorithm:(1)
$y = z \sum_{i = 0}^{N} A i {(\frac{x - X 1}{X 2})}^{i}$

Where,

$x$

Input to the table

$y$

Is returned

$z$

Is supplied from the MATi entry

Whenever $x < X 3$ , use X3 for $x$ ; whenever $x > X 4$ , use X4 for $x$ . There are N + 1 entries in the table. There are no error returns from this table look-up procedure.
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