Dielectric object

The Dielectric object specifies dielectric material properties.

The following topics are discussed:

Access
Dielectric(...)
setValues(...)
Members
Corresponding analysis keywords

Access

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

Dielectric(...)

This method creates a Dielectric object.

Path

mdb.models[name].materials[name].Dielectric
session.odbs[name].materials[name].Dielectric

Required arguments

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

Optional arguments

type: A SymbolicConstant specifying the dielectric behavior. Possible values are ISOTROPIC, ORTHOTROPIC, and ANISOTROPIC. The default value is ISOTROPIC.
frequencyDependency: A Boolean specifying whether the data depend on frequency. The default value is OFF.
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.

Table data

If type=ISOTROPIC, the table data specify the following:

Dielectric constant.
Frequency, if the data depend on frequency.
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.

If type=ORTHOTROPIC, the table data specify the following:

$D_{11}^{φ}$ .
$D_{22}^{φ}$ .
$D_{33}^{φ}$ .
Frequency, if the data depend on frequency.
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.

If type=ANISOTROPIC, the table data specify the following:

$D_{11}^{φ}$ .
$D_{12}^{φ}$ .
$D_{22}^{φ}$ .
$D_{13}^{φ}$ .
$D_{23}^{φ}$ .
$D_{33}^{φ}$ .
Frequency, if the data depend on frequency.
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 Dielectric object.

Exceptions

None.

setValues(...)

This method modifies the Dielectric object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

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

Return value

None.

Exceptions

None.

Members

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

Corresponding analysis keywords

DIELECTRIC