Material Properties
User-defined
USER-DEFINED
A nested class within Material used to create generic user-defined materials.
Constructor
Material.USER(name='', E=0, pois=0, den=0, mass=0, therm=0, id=0)
Creates a generic user-defined material with custom properties.
Parameters
name (default='')
: Material nameE (default=0)
: Elastic moduluspois (default=0)
: Poisson's ratioden (default=0)
: Densitymass (default=0)
: Mass densitytherm (default=0)
: Thermal expansion coefficientid (default=0)
: Manual ID assignment
Examples
# Create generic user material
user_mat = Material.USER("Timber", E=12000, pois=0.4, den=6, mass=6, therm=5e-6, id=7)
Material.create()