orthotropicShellPropertiesType Complex Type

Orthotropic material properties for 2D materials

Namespace: Empty

Schema: Empty

Base Type

Usages

Children

Name	Occurrences	Description
All
E1		Young's modulus in material direction 1 [N/m^2]
E2		Young's modulus in material direction 2 [N/m^2]
eps1c	[0, 1]	Allowable strain for compression in material direction 1
eps1t	[0, 1]	Allowable strain for tension in material direction 1
eps2c	[0, 1]	Allowable strain for compression in material direction 2
eps2t	[0, 1]	Allowable strain for tension in material direction 2
G12	[0, 1]	Shear modulus in material in 1-2 plane [N/m^2]
G23	[0, 1]	Shear modulus in material in 2-3 plane [N/m^2]
G31	[0, 1]	Shear modulus in material in 3-1 plane [N/m^2]
gamma12	[0, 1]	Allowable strain for shear
nu	[0, 1]	Poisson's ratio
sig1c	[0, 1]	Allowable stress for compression in material direction 1 [N/m^2]
sig1t	[0, 1]	Allowable stress for tension in material direction 1 [N/m^2]
sig2c	[0, 1]	Allowable stress for compression in material direction 2 [N/m^2]
sig2t	[0, 1]	Allowable stress for tension in material direction 2 [N/m^2]
tau12	[0, 1]	Allowable stress for shear [N/m^2]
thermalConductivity1	[0, 1]	Thermal conductivity of the material in material direction 1 [W/(m*K)]
thermalConductivity2	[0, 1]	Thermal conductivity of the material in material direction 2 [W/(m*K)]
thermalExpansionCoeff1	[0, 1]	Thermal expansion coefficient in material direction 1 [1/K]
thermalExpansionCoeff2	[0, 1]	Thermal expansion coefficient in material direction 2 [1/K]

Attributes

Name	Type	Required	Description
externalDataDirectory	string
externalDataNodePath	string
externalFileName	string

Remarks

Defines the material properties for an orthotropic material in the plane stress state (i.e., shell). The strain-stress relationship is defined as:

Inverting the strain-stress relation and introducing thermal expansion yields:

with:

The terminology refers to the following literature:

[1] R. M. Jones, Mechanics Of Composite Materials, 2 New edition. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor and Francis Inc, 1998.