To create a 2D orthotropic material definition for
use with orthotropic plate elements, use the following procedure.
You may want to set the input units to a familiar set of
units for defining materials before creating a new material definition.
Note: 2D orthotropic material definitions
are for use with plate elements only.
Select the
Materials page in the
Analytical Modeling page control bar.
The
Material - Whole Structure dialog
and the
Materials table open.
In the
Material - Whole Structure dialog, select the
Orthotropic 2D tab.
Click
Create.
The
2-D OrthoTropic Material Property dialog opens.
Type a
Title for the material.
Type the material values:
Type the
Young's Modulus and
Thermal Coefficients in the X direction.
Type the
Young's Modulus and
Thermal Coefficients in the Y direction.
Type the
Density,
Critical Damping, and
Poisson's Ratio values.
The same values are used in both X and Y directions.
Type the Shear Modulus values for in-plane shear
(Gxy), shear transverse to the local Y-Z direction
(Gyz), and shear transverse to the local Z-X direction
(Gzx).
Click
Add.
The material
definition is now added to the
Materials table and is available for
selecting when assigning shapes and in
Material - Whole Structure dialog.