(set-physical)
Description
Set some material properties to a finite element object . This function can be used to avoid to redefine a finite element object. The function compute-mode must be apply in order to take into consideration the new material properties.
Syntax and default
(set-physical modalys-object (key value)) (set-physical my-object (density 7800) (young 2e11) (poisson 0.3))
Parameters
modalys-object The modalys object to be updated. key Value density Density of the material in kg/m^3^. Some typical values are
+-----------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------+
| > Oak | 720 | Brass | > 8500 |
+:======================+=============+=================+:============+
| > Glass | 2300 | > Nickel | > 8800 |
+-----------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------+
| > Quartz | 2650 | Copper | > 8900 |
+-----------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------+
| > Aluminium | 2700 | > Silver | > 10500 |
+-----------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------+
| > Steel | 7700 | | |
+-----------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------------+