Support of expressions in materials, loads, and constraints (Simcenter Samcef)

You can use expressions in materials, loads, and constraints. These expressions are output as .FCT analytical functions in the Simcenter Samcef input file.

Operator support in Simcenter Samcef

The following table describes the operators supported in this software, and their equivalents in Simcenter Samcef.

Operators	Simcenter Samcef operators
-	-
*	*
/	/
^ (exponent)	**
sqrt	SQR
log	LN
log10	LOG
exp	EXP
abs	ABS
minimum	MIN
max	MAX
sin	SIND
cos	COSD
tan	TAND
asine	ASIND
acosine	ACOSD
atangent	ATAND
hypsin	DINH
hypcos	COSH
hyptan	TANH
floor	INT
round	NINT
mod	MOD
!	NOT
"="	EQ
"!="	NE
<	LT
<=	LE
>	GT
>=	GE
&&	AND

For more information, see Mathematical functions in expressions.

Variable names supported in Simcenter Samcef

The following table describes the variable names supported in this software, and their equivalents in Simcenter Samcef.

Variables	Simcenter Samcef variables	Note
time	TIME
temperature	TEMP
temperature_difference	DTEM
cure	CUR	Degree of cure
glt	GLT	Glass transition temperature

For more information, see Auto-generated expressions.

Note:

Expressions that cannot be exported as Samcef .FCT analytical functions are output as tabulated functions with [0, 1.] bounds.

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Importing functions to fields or expressions (Simcenter Samcef)

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