Defining superelastic hardening

You specify the dependence of the yield stress on the total strain to define the piecewise linear hardening of martensite.

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Plasticity model for superelastic materials

  1. Create a material model as described in Defining a superelasticity model.

  2. From the Suboptions menu in the Edit Material dialog box, select Superelastic Hardening.

    A Suboption Editor appears.

  3. Enter the following data in the Data table:

    Yield Stress
    Yield stress.
    Total Strain
    Total strain.

    For detailed information on how to enter data, see Entering tabular data.

  4. Click OK to return to the Edit Material dialog box.