29.24 Conductivity object

The Conductivity object specifies thermal conductivity.

Access

import material
mdb.models[name].materials[name].conductivity
import odbMaterial
session.odbs[name].materials[name].conductivity

This method creates a Conductivity object.

Path

mdb.models[name].materials[name].Conductivity
session.odbs[name].materials[name].Conductivity

Required argument

table

A sequence of sequences of Floats specifying the items described below.

Optional arguments

type

A SymbolicConstant specifying the type of conductivity. Possible values are ISOTROPIC, ORTHOTROPIC, and ANISOTROPIC. The default value is ISOTROPIC.

temperatureDependency

A Boolean specifying whether the data depend on temperature. The default value is OFF.

dependencies

An Int specifying the number of field variable dependencies. The default value is 0.

Table data

If type=ISOTROPIC, the table data specify the following:

If type=ORTHOTROPIC, the table data specify the following:

If type=ANISOTROPIC, the table data specify the following:

Return value

A Conductivity object.

Exceptions

RangeError.

This method modifies the Conductivity object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the Conductivity method.

Return value

None

Exceptions

RangeError.

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