From the menu bar in the Edit Material dialog box, select .
(For information on displaying the Edit Material dialog box, see Creating or editing a material.)
Click the arrow to the right of the Law field, and select an option for specifying swelling data:
If you selected Input in Step 2, toggle on Use temperature-dependent data to define data that depend on temperature.
A column labeled Temp appears in the Data table.
If you selected Input in Step 2, click the arrows to the right of the Number of field variables field to increase or decrease the number of field variables on which the data depend.
If you selected Input in Step 2, enter the following data in the Data table:
- Strain Rate
Volumetric swelling strain rate.
- Temp
Temperature.
- Field n
Predefined field variables.
If desired, select Ratios from the Suboptions menu to define anisotropic swelling. See Defining anisotropic swelling” for details.
Click OK to create the material and to close the Edit Material dialog box. Alternatively, you can select another material behavior to define from the menus in the Edit Material dialog box (see Browsing and modifying material behaviors, for more information).