Iform = 12

Block Format Keyword Up to 4 different sub-materials (solid, liquid, gas and explosives) can be defined by specifying a material identifier and initial volume fraction.

The following materials can be defined as sub-materials:
  • LAW3 (HYDPLA)
  • LAW4 (HYD_JCOOK)
  • LAW5 (JWL)
  • LAW6 (HYDRO)
  • LAW10 (DPRAG1)
  • LAW102 (DPRAG2)
These materials can then reference the following equations of state:
  • /EOS/LINEAR
  • /EOS/POLYNOMIAL
  • /EOS/IDEAL-GAS
  • /EOS/STIFF-GAS

Format

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
/MAT/LAW51/mat_ID/unit_ID
mat_title
Blank
Iform                  
#Global Parameters
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
  νν          
Sub-material parameters (each sub-material one line, maximum 4 lines for 4 sub-materials)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mat_ID1 αmat_10αmat_10              
Optional lines for up to 3 additional sub-material
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mat_ID2 αmat_20αmat_20              
mat_ID3 αmat_30αmat_30              
mat_ID4 αmat_40αmat_40              

Definition

Field Contents SI Unit Example
mat_ID Material identifier.

(Integer, maximum 10 digits)

 
unit_ID Unit Identifier

(Integer, maximum 10 digits)

 
mat_title Material title.

(Character, maximum 100 characters)

 
Iform Formulation flag = 12.

(Integer)

 
νν Kinematic viscosity in shear ν=μ/ρν=μ/ρ . 4

Default is computed from sub-material laws (Real)

[m2s][m2s]
mat_ID1 Material identifier for the 1st sub-material which must refer to LAW3, 4, 5, 6, 10, or 102.

Mandatory (Integer)

 
αmat_10αmat_10 Initial volumetric fraction for the 1st sub-material.

Default = 0 (Real)

 
mat_IDi (Optional) Material Identifier from 2nd to 4th sub-material which must refer to LAW3, 4, 5, 6, 10 or 102.

Default = 0 (Integer)

 
αmat_i0αmat_i0 (Optional) Initial volumetric fraction.

(Real)

 

Example (2 Submaterials)

Comments

  1. The material law is based on a diffusive interface technique. Numerical diffusion can be improved using MUSCL method for volume fraction (/ALE/MUSCL). The previous /UPWIND method for limiting diffusion is now obsolete.
  2. The sub-materials can be listed in any order, but only one of them can be an explosive sub-material /MAT/LAW5.
  3. If 4 sub-materials are requested, at least one of them should be an explosive sub-material /MAT/LAW5.
  4. Kinematic viscosities are global and are not specific to each material. They are used to compute the viscous stress tensor:(1)
    τ=μ[(V)+t(V)]+λ(V)Iτ=μ[(V)+t(V)]+λ(V)I
    Where,
    ν=μ/ρν=μ/ρ
    Kinematic viscosity in shear.
    μμ
    Automatically computed from mixture sub-material definition (LAW6): µ=Nsubmati=1αiµi
    If a value is input to define μ , it will be applied to whatever the multi-material mixture is.
    λ
    Calculated such as 3λ+2μ=0 (Stokes hypothesis).
  5. Volumetric fractions enable the sharing of elementary volume within the three different materials.

    For each material αmat_i0 must be defined between 0 and 1.

    Sum of initial volumetric fractions 3i=1αmat_i0 must be equal to 1.

    For automatic initial fraction of the volume, refer to the /INIVOL card.

  6. It is not recommended to use this law with Radioss single precision engine.