Material Properties Internal Units

Material Properties Internal Units

Parameter Name in Dialog

API Parameter Name

Variable Type

Internal Database Units

Description

Steel / Generic

Behavior

Behavior

bool

Isotropic, Orthotropic

Currently exposed for Generic Only

Young Modulus X

YoungModulusX

double

UT_Stress

Young Modulus Y

YoungModulusY

double

UT_Stress

Young Modulus Z

YoungModulusZ

double

UT_Stress

Poisson ratio X

PoissonModulusX

double

UT_Number

Poisson ratio Y

PoissonModulusY

double

UT_Number

Poisson ratio Z

PoissonModulusZ

double

UT_Number

Shear modulus X

ShearModulusX

double

UT_Stress

Shear modulus Y

ShearModulusY

double

UT_Stress

Shear modulus Z

ShearModulusZ

double

UT_Stress

Thermal Expansion coefficient X

ThermalExpansionCoefficientX

double

UT_TemperalExp

Thermal Expansion coefficient Y

ThermalExpansionCoefficientY

double

UT_TemperalExp

Thermal Expansion coefficient Z

ThermalExpansionCoefficientZ

double

UT_TemperalExp

Unit Weight

UnitWeight

double

UT_UnitWeight

Damping ratio

DampingRatio

double

UT_Number

Minimum Yield Stress

MinimumYieldStress

double

UT_Stress

Fy in US codes. Also can be considered as the compression stress capacity

Minimum tensile stress

MinimumTensileStrength

double

UT_Stress

Only used for steel

Reduction factor for shear

ReductionFactor

double

UT_Number

Reduction of Minimum Yield Stress for Shear. Shear Yield Stress = MinimumYieldStress / ReductionFactor

Concrete

Behavior

Behavior

bool

Isotropic, Orthotropic

Currently exposed for Generic Only

Young Modulus X

YoungModulusX

double

UT_Stress

Young Modulus Y

YoungModulusY

double

UT_Stress

Young Modulus Z

YoungModulusZ

double

UT_Stress

Poisson ratio X

PoissonModulusX

double

UT_Number

Poisson ratio Y

PoissonModulusY

double

UT_Number

Poisson ratio Z

PoissonModulusZ

double

UT_Number

Shear modulus X

ShearModulusX

double

UT_Stress

Shear modulus Y

ShearModulusY

double

UT_Stress

Shear modulus Z

ShearModulusZ

double

UT_Stress

Thermal Expansion coefficient X

ThermalExpansionCoefficientX

double

UT_TemperalExp

Thermal Expansion coefficient Y

ThermalExpansionCoefficientY

double

UT_TemperalExp

Thermal Expansion coefficient Z

ThermalExpansionCoefficientZ

double

UT_TemperalExp

Unit Weight

UnitWeight

double

UT_UnitWeight

Damping ratio

DampingRatio

double

UT_Number

Concrete compression

ConcreteCompression

double

UT_Stress

Concrete compression stress capacity. F'c for US codes.

Lightweight

LightWeight

Bool

If true then lightweight concrete is defined.

Shear strength modification

ShearStrengthReduction

double

UT_Number

When Lightweight = True then this value is available. It is the reduction of the concrete compression capacity for shear. Concrete Shear stress Capacity = ConcreteCompression / ShearStrengthReduction

Wood

Young Modulus

PoissonModulus

double

UT_Stress

Poisson ratio

ShearModulus

double

UT_Number

Shear modulus

ShearModulus

double

UT_Stress

Thermal Expansion coefficient

ThermalExpansionCoefficient

double

UT_TemperalExp

Unit Weight

UnitWeight

double

UT_UnitWeight

Species

Species

AString

Grade

Grade

AString

Bending

Bending

double

UT_Stress

Compression parallel to grain

CompressionParallel

double

UT_Stress

Compression perpendicular to grain

CompressionPerpendicular

double

UT_Stress

Shear parallel to grain

ShearParallel

double

UT_Stress

Tension perpendicular to grain

ShearPerpendicular

double

UT_Stress

#

Unit

Dimension

Internal Representation

1.

UT_Number

No dimension

Simple number.

2.

UT_Stress

(Mass)x(Length-1)x(Time-2)

Kg(mass)/(Foot*Sec2)

3.

UT_TemperalExp

(Temperature-1)

(1/°C)

4.

UT_UnitWeight

(Mass)x(Length-2)x(Time-2)

Kg(mass)/(Foot2*Sec2)