59.64 InelasticHeatFraction object

The InelasticHeatFraction object defines the fraction of the rate of inelastic dissipation that appears as a heat source.

Access

materialApi.materials()[name].inelasticHeatFraction()

59.64.1 InelasticHeatFraction(...)

This method creates an InelasticHeatFraction object.

Path

materialApi.materials()[name].InelasticHeatFraction

Prototype

odb_InelasticHeatFraction&
InelasticHeatFraction(double fraction);

Required arguments

None.

Optional argument

fraction

A Double specifying the fraction of inelastic dissipation rate that appears as a heat flux per unit volume. The fraction may include a unit conversion factor if required. Possible values are 0.0 fraction 1.0. The default value is 0.9.

Return value

An InelasticHeatFraction object.

Exceptions

RangeError.

59.64.2 Members

The InelasticHeatFraction object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the InelasticHeatFraction method.

59.64.3 Corresponding analysis keywords

*INELASTIC HEAT FRACTION