Hysteresis object

The Hysteresis object specifies the creep part of the material model for the hysteretic behavior of elastomers.

The following topics are discussed:

Access

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

Hysteresis(...)

This method creates a Hysteresis object.

Path

mdb.models[name].materials[name].hyperelastic.Hysteresis
session.odbs[name].materials[name].hyperelastic.Hysteresis

Required arguments

table

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

Optional arguments

None.

Table data

  • Stress scaling factor.

  • Creep parameter.

  • Effective stress exponent.

  • Creep strain exponent.

Return value

A Hysteresis object.

Exceptions

RangeError.

setValues(...)

This method modifies the Hysteresis object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

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

Return value

None.

Exceptions

RangeError.

Members

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

Corresponding analysis keywords