59.80 PorousFailureCriteria object

The PorousFailureCriteria object specifies the material failure criteria for a porous metal.

Access

materialApi.materials()[name].porousMetalPlasticity()\
.porousFailureCriteria()

This method creates a PorousFailureCriteria object.

Path

materialApi.materials()[name].porousMetalPlasticity()\
.PorousFailureCriteria

Prototype

odb_PorousFailureCriteria&
PorousFailureCriteria(double fraction,
                      double criticalFraction);

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

fraction

A Double specifying the void volume fraction at total failure, . The default value is 1.0.

criticalFraction

A Double specifying the critical void volume fraction, . The default value is 1.0.

Return value

A PorousFailureCriteria object.

Exceptions

RangeError.

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