Define an Ogden material (Simcenter Samcef)

You can create materials only if the Allow Local Materials customer default is selected.

1. Make the FEM the work part and displayed part.

2. Choose Home tab→Properties group→Assign Materials or Manage Materials.

3. In the Material List group, select Local Materials.

4. In the New Material group, from the Type list, select Ogden.

5. Click Create Material .

6. In the materials dialog box, in the Name - Description box, type a name for the material.

7. From the Property View list, select Samcef Ogden.

8. On the Strain Energy page, in the Number of Points (NTPS) box, enter 2.Note: Only the first two sets of Mu, Alpha, and Di are exported to the solver file. If you define more sets, the exporter ignores them.

9. In the Strain Energy Potential in terms of Compressibility table, define two rows of MU, Alpha, and Di values: 160 N/mm^2(MPa), 2, and 1.0e-6 mm^2/N(1/Pa).40 N/mm^2(MPa), -2, and 1.0 mm^2/N(1/Pa).

10. Click OK.

For more information, see the Ogden material page in the Simcenter Samcef solver documentation..

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