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Solid Material Properties

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Solid Material Properties

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

 

Syntax

Solid

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)

Coeff of Thermal Expansion

YoungModulus

Real (Constant/

Function of Temp.)

Young's modulus of tool material

PoissonRatio

Real(Constant)

Poisson ratio of tool material

 

 

See Also:

Element Information

Material Models

Fluid Material Properties

Workpiece Material Properties

Polymer Material Properties

Tool Material Properties