Create a new metal material for your material database. The metal can be used in the Bolted Connection module. To create a new metal:
- Click (or right click Metals in the My Data tree and select New)
- In the New Metal window, you must give the metal a Name
- Specify all required properties. This includes E, G, NU, +S1, -S1, S12, +e1, -e1, e12, and Density
- Click Save
Note: Grayed out properties are not required for basic mechanical analyses.
Material Properties
- E
- Young's modulus
- G
- Shear modulus
- NU
- Poisson ratio
- CTE
- Thermal expansion coefficient of the material
- CME
- Moisture expansion coefficient of the material
- K
- Thermal conductivity of the material
- +S1
- Normal tensile strength of the material
- -S1
- Normal compressive strength of the material
- S12
- Shear strength of the material
- +e1
- Normal strain caused by uniaxial tensile stress +S1
- -e1
- Normal strain caused by uniaxial compressive stress -S1
- e12
- Shear strain caused by shear stress S12