PLASTIC Material Properties

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello All,

 

I have to linear static analysis using Plastic material. Can u tell me what are the material properties i should give as a input?

Which material card should i use in optistruct? 

 

Thanks & Regards,

Rahul

 

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2016

    Rahul K,

     

    You can do a Quasi static analysis with NL material. I think Linear static will ignore non linear properties of the material.

     

    NLSTAT is the analysis type and MATS1 is the card where you can input plastic properties.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2016

    Thank you Prakash

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