Hello all,
Is it currently possible to have spatially varying properties for a material?
In Abaqus you can specify the properties per element using the DISTRIBUTION keyword e.g. for an isotropic elastic material as:
*DISTRIBUTION TABLE, NAME=tab1
MODULUS, RATIO
*DISTRIBUTION, NAME=dist1, LOCATION=element, TABLE=tab1
, E0, ν0
element set or number, E1, ν1
element set or number, E2, ν2
...
*MATERIAL, NAME=MAT
*ELASTIC
dist1
The documentation for ccx v2.19 however states that a DISTRIBUTION is only supported for the ORIENTATION keyword.
I would greatly appreciate if anyone has a suggestion or workaround.
Best regards
Henrik