Thermoplastics Material dialog-Thermal Properties tab

This dialog is used to view/edit the properties of the selected thermoplastics material.

The Thermal Properties tab of the Thermoplastics material dialog is used to specify the thermal properties of the thermoplastics material.

Note: If a property name is shown in red, it indicates that the property has not been tested for this specific material. However, material data from the testing of a comparable generic grade was found to be suitable and has been assigned to this material.

Dialog elements

Specific heat data

The specific heat (Cp) of a material is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of material by one degree Centigrade.

Click Plot specific heat data... to display the data as an XY plot that shows the specific heat as it varies with temperature.

Click View specific heat test information... to display the data source, the date the data was last modified, and the test method used to obtain the data.

View/edit test information...

Click this button to view the source of this material data, the date that the data was last modified, the date of testing and the test method that was used for the data.

For more information about Autodesk Simulation Moldflow materials data and material testing methods, see Material testing and data fitting.

Thermal conductivity data

The thermal conductivity (k) of a material is the rate of heat transfer by conduction per unit length per degrees Celsius.

Click Plot thermal conductivity data... to display the data as an XY plot that shows the thermal conductivity as it varies with temperature.