Material as a function of step 2

[AnnaG]

Hello,

I would like to change Young modulus value after first phase of loading.
Is it possible to change material parameters during calculations?

Thank you in advance,
Anna

 

[akabarten]

Hello,

You can change Young modulus during calculation.
The modulus can be set respect to field dependecies and value of field variable
can be control respect to analysis time with *FIELD keyword or if necessary control with a subroutine.

Search for "field variable" on the forum and also check Abaqus documentation:
Abaqus Analysis User's Manual, Part VII: Prescribed Conditions, 32.6.1 Predefined fields

If you need detail information please let me know.

Regards,
Bartosz

 

[AnnaG]

Thank You Bartosz, I'll check it

 

[Emna1986]

hi AnnaG and Bartosz;
Can you please tell me how to do to change material parametres during calculating?
i have a multi-steps heat transfer model and i have to change the thermal conductivity at the beginning of each step for eache set element
Exemple:
for step -1: i have only set-1 with a non zero thermal conductivity and all others sets with zero thermal conductivity
for step-2: i will change the value of set-2 from zero to 5 and let conductivity of set-1 not equal to zero.
Ect...

Thank you very much