Thermoplastic Material dialog box- Filler Properties tab

Specifies the physical properties of any filler material added to the thermoplastics material, and in what proportions they occur by weight. You can view and edit the properties of the selected thermoplastics material.

Note: Filler fractions are expressed in terms of weight, not volume.

Filler data

The description and weight of each filler included in the selected material. You can select multiple fillers in a composite material. All fillers are taken into account in the subsequent analysis.

Density (rho)

Specifies the density of the filler (composite) material in g/cm3.

Specific heat (Cp)

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of the material by one degree Centigrade.

Thermal conductivity (k)

The rate of heat transfer by conduction, per unit length per degrees Celsius.

Mechanical properties data

Five independent mechanical constants required to characterize a transversely isotropic elastic material.

Transversely isotropic coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) data

Specifies the thermal expansion properties of the filler (fibers/filler). These CTE coefficients combine with the Mechanical Data model to account for variation in properties in the flow direction and transverse to the direction of flow.

Tensile strength data

Displays the data for filler materials.

Aspect ratio

The ratio to major or minor axis or, alternatively, the effective length to diameter of the inclusion.