3.1.6.2. Elastic Orthotropic Material

This command is used to construct an ElasticOrthotropic material object.

nDMaterial ElasticOrthotropic $matTag $Ex $Ey $Ez $vxy $vyz $vzx $Gxy $Gyz $Gzx <$rho>

Argument

Type

Description

$matTag

integer

unique tag identifying material

$Ex $Ey $Ez

3 float

elastic moduli in three mutually perpendicular directions

$vxy $vyz $vzx

3 float

Poisson’s ratios

$Gxy $Gyz $Gzx

3 float

shear moduli

$rho

float

mass density. optional default = 0.0

Note

The material formulations for the ElasticOrthotropic object are “ThreeDimensional”, “PlaneStrain”, “Plane Stress”, “AxiSymmetric”, “BeamFiber”, and “PlateFiber”.

Code Developed by: Michael H. Scott