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) |