Defining the elastic transverse shear behavior of a gasket

Abaqus/Standard measures the relative displacement between the bottom and top of the gasket element along the local 2- or 3-directions to define the transverse shear in the gasket. You can use the Edit Material dialog box to specify the elastic transverse stiffness as stress (or force, or force per unit length) per unit displacement. For more information, see Defining the transverse shear behavior of the gasket.

  1. From the menu bar in the Edit Material dialog box, select OtherGasketGasket Transverse Shear Elastic.

    (For information on displaying the Edit Material dialog box, see Creating or editing a material.)

  2. Click the arrow to the right of the Units field, and select the unit system in which you will define the transverse shear behavior:

    • Select Stress to define the transverse shear stiffness in terms of stress per unit displacement.

    • Select Force to define the transverse shear stiffness in terms of force per unit displacement or force per unit length per unit displacement, depending on the element type to which this behavior refers.

    The unit system that you select for transverse shear behavior must be consistent with the unit system selected for thickness-direction behavior (see Defining gasket behavior in the thickness direction”). For more information, see Choosing a unit system to define the transverse shear behavior.

  3. Toggle on Use temperature-dependent data to define the shear stiffness as a function of temperature.

    A column labeled Temp appears in the Data table.

  4. Click the arrows to the right of the Number of field variables field to increase or decrease the number of field variables on which the shear stiffness depends.

  5. In the Data table, specify the shear stiffness. Include temperature and field variable data if applicable. For detailed information on how to enter data, see Entering tabular data.

  6. Click OK to close the Edit Material dialog box. Alternatively, you can select another material behavior to define from the menus in the Edit Material dialog box (see Browsing and modifying material behaviors, for more information).