Assigning Material Properties

You assign the following material properties manually:

Property name Property value (SI)
Elastic Modulus 3.10275X109 N/m2
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
  1. In the Simulation study tree, right-click the nl_curvedsheet icon and select Apply/Edit Material.
  2. In the Material dialog box:
    1. Right-click the Custom Materials folder and select New Category.
    2. Right-click the newly defined category and select New Material.
  3. In the Material dialog box, on the Properties tab, do the following:
    1. Set Model Type to Linear Elastic Isotropic.
    2. Select SI - N/m^² (Pa) in the Units menu.
    3. In the Name box, type a name for the material, for example, Material 4.
  4. In the material properties table, use the Value boxes to set the following values:
    1. For Elastic Modulus, type 3.10275e9.
    2. For Poisson's Ratio, type 0.3.
    3. Type a value like 1020 for Mass Density.
      The value of mass density does not affect the results for this problem but it is a required physical property.
  5. Click Apply.
  6. Click Close.