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Material Type MAT

This isotropic material is used for linear structural procedures. There are 3 arguments, all of which are used.


Argument(s) Meaning
1 Young's Modulus
2 Poisson's Ratio
3 Density
Table 4.1: MAT material arguments.

Example FEMGEN Command:

PROPERTY MATERIAL MAT STEEL1 200e3 .3 7860e-9

Corresponding LR.STRAND Input Deck:

$ STEEL1     MID       E       G      NU     RHO 
MAT1           1 210000.             .29 .786E-5



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