CyclicHardening object

The CyclicHardening object defines the evolution of the elastic domain for the nonlinear isotropic/kinematic hardening model.

The following topics are discussed:

Access

import material
mdb.models[name].materials[name].plastic.cyclicHardening
import odbMaterial
session.odbs[name].materials[name].plastic.cyclicHardening

CyclicHardening(...)

This method creates a CyclicHardening object.

Path

mdb.models[name].materials[name].plastic.CyclicHardening
session.odbs[name].materials[name].plastic.CyclicHardening

Required arguments

table

A sequence of sequences of Floats specifying the items described below.

Optional arguments

temperatureDependency

A Boolean specifying whether the data depend on temperature. The default value is OFF.

dependencies

An Int specifying the number of field variable dependencies. The default value is 0.

parameters

A Boolean specifying whether material parameters are to be input directly. The default value is OFF.

Table data

  • Equivalent stress.

  • Q∞ (only if parameters=ON).

  • Hardening parameter (only if parameters=ON).

  • Temperature, if the data depend on temperature.

  • Value of the first field variable, if the data depend on field variables.

  • Value of the second field variable.

  • Etc.

Return value

A CyclicHardening object.

Exceptions

None.

setValues(...)

This method modifies the CyclicHardening object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the CyclicHardening method.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

Members

The CyclicHardening object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the CyclicHardening method.

Corresponding analysis keywords