VoidNucleation object

The VoidNucleation object defines the nucleation of voids in a porous material.

The following topics are discussed:

Access

import material
mdb.models[name].materials[name].porousMetalPlasticity.voidNucleation
import odbMaterial
session.odbs[name].materials[name].porousMetalPlasticity\
.voidNucleation

VoidNucleation(...)

This method creates a VoidNucleation object.

Path

mdb.models[name].materials[name].porousMetalPlasticity.VoidNucleation
session.odbs[name].materials[name].porousMetalPlasticity\
.VoidNucleation

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.

Table data

  • εN, the mean value of the nucleation-strain normal distribution.

  • sN, the standard deviation of the nucleation-strain normal distribution.

  • fN, the volume fraction of nucleating voids.

  • 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 VoidNucleation object.

Exceptions

RangeError.

setValues(...)

This method modifies the VoidNucleation object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

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

Return value

None.

Exceptions

RangeError.

Members

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

Corresponding analysis keywords