Isotropic Shear Elasticity

In an explicit analysis you can define isotropic shear elasticity to describe the deviatoric response of materials whose volumetric response is governed by an equation of state

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Linear Elastic Behavior

In this case the deviatoric stress-strain relationship is given by

S = 2 μ e e l
where S is the deviatoric stress and e e l the deviatoric elastic strain. You must provide the elastic shear modulus, μ, when you define the elastic deviatoric behavior.

The stability criterion requires that μ > 0 .

Parameters

Input Data Description
Shear Modulus Shear modulus, μ > 0 .
Use temperature-dependent data Specifies material parameters that depend on temperature. A Temperature field appears in the data table. For more information, see Specifying Material Data as a Function of Temperature and Independent Field Variables.
Number of field variables Specifies material parameters that depend on field variables. Field columns appear in the data table for each field variable you add. For more information, see Specifying Material Data as a Function of Temperature and Independent Field Variables.