Tool Material Properties

The Tool material type is similar to the Solid material type and is a parameter used with the BEGIN MATERIAL data block. This material must be used when solving conjugate heat transfer problems. For Tool, HyperXtrude allows you to specify the conductivity in the form of diagonal tensor.

Syntax

Tool	Steel	{
	Density =	ρ
	SpecificHeat =	Cp(T)
	XConductivity =	K(T)
	YConductivity =	K(T)
	ZConductivity =	K(T)
	VolumetricHeatSource =	Qvol
	CoeffOfThermalExpansion =	β
	YoungModulus =	E
	PoissonRation =	ν}

Comments

Specific heat and thermal conductivities can be input as functions of temperature. The following table contains descriptions of the data types for solid material properties:

Density	Real (Constant)	Density of tool material
SpecificHeat	Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.)	Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION
XConductivity	Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.)	Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION
YConductivity	Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.)	Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION
ZConductivity	Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.)	Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION
VolumetircHeatSource	Real(Constant)	Value per unit volume.
CoeffOfThermalExpansion	Real(Constant)	Coefficient of thermal expansion
YoungModulus	Real (Constant/ Function of Temp.)	Young's modulus of tool material
PoissonRatio	Real(Constant)	Poisson ratio of tool material

Tool Material Properties

Tool Material Properties

Tool Material Properties

Density

Real (Constant)

Density of tool material

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