The bar is made of an aluminum alloy that follows the von Mises Plasticity model with isotropic hardening.
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In the Simulation study tree, right-click aluminumbar and select Apply/Edit Material
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The Material dialog box appears.
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Right-click the Custom Materials folder and select New Category.
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Right-click the newly created folder and select New Material.
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Under Material properties, select Plasticity - von Mises for Model Type and set Units to SI - N/m^2 (Pa).
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Type Aluminum-plasticity for Name.
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In the material properties table, set the following:
| Elastic Modulus |
7e10 |
| Poisson's Ratio |
0.3 |
| Yield Strength |
4.2e8 |
| Tangent Modulus |
1.0e8 |
| Mass Density |
2700 |
| Hardening Factor |
0.0 |
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Click Apply.
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Click Close.