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42.14 TemperatureState object

The TemperatureState object stores the propagating data of a temperature in a step. One instance of this object is created internally by the Temperature object for each step.

The TemperatureState object has no constructor or methods.

The TemperatureState object is derived from the PredefinedFieldState object.

Access
import load
mdb.models[name].steps[name].predefinedFieldStates[name]


42.14.1  Members

The TemperatureState object can have the following members:

fileNameState

A SymbolicConstant specifying the propagation state of the fileName member. Possible values are UNSET, SET, and UNCHANGED.

beginStep

A SymbolicConstant or an Int specifying the first step from which temperature values are to be read. This argument is valid only when distribution=FROM_FILE or distribution=FROM_FILE_AND_USER_DEFINED. Possible values are FIRST_STEP, LAST_STEP, and NONE. The default value is NONE.

beginStepState

A SymbolicConstant specifying the propagation state of the beginStep member. Possible values are UNSET, SET, and UNCHANGED.

beginIncrement

None or an Int specifying the first increment of the step set in beginStep or the SymbolicConstants STEP_START or STEP_END. This argument is valid only when distributionType=FROM_FILE or distributionType=FROM_FILE_AND_USER_DEFINED. The default value is None.

beginIncrementState

A SymbolicConstant specifying the propagation state of the beginIncrement member. Possible values are UNSET, SET, and UNCHANGED.

endStep

None or an Int specifying the last step from which temperature values are to be read or the SymbolicConstants FIRST_STEP and LAST_STEP. This argument is valid only when distributionType=FROM_FILE or distributionType=FROM_FILE_AND_USER_DEFINED. The default value is None.

endStepState

A SymbolicConstant specifying the propagation state of the endStep member. Possible values are UNSET, SET, and UNCHANGED.

endIncrement

None or an Int specifying the last increment of the step set in endStep or the SymbolicConstants STEP_START and STEP_END. This argument is valid only when distributionType=FROM_FILE or distributionType=FROM_FILE_AND_USER_DEFINED. The default value is None.

endIncrementState

A SymbolicConstant specifying the propagation state of the endIncrement member. Possible values are UNSET, SET, and UNCHANGED.

midside

A Boolean specifying that temperatures in second-order elements are to be interpolated from corner node temperatures. This argument is valid only when distributionType=FROM_FILE or distributionType=FROM_FILE_AND_USER_DEFINED.

midsideState

A SymbolicConstant specifying the propagation state of the midside member. Possible values are UNSET, SET, and UNCHANGED.

amplitudeState

A SymbolicConstant specifying the propagation state of the amplitudeState member. Possible values are UNSET, SET, and UNCHANGED.

fileName

A String specifying the name of the file from which the temperature values are to be read when distributionType=FROM_FILE or distributionType=FROM_FILE_AND_USER_DEFINED.

amplitude

The SymbolicConstant UNSET or a String specifying the name of the amplitude reference. The SymbolicConstant UNSET should be used if the predefined field has no amplitude reference. The default value is UNSET.

Note:  amplitude should be given only if it is valid for the specified step.

magnitudesState

A tuple of SymbolicConstants specifying the propagation state of each item of the magnitudes member. Possible values are UNSET, SET, and UNCHANGED.

magnitudes

A tuple of Floats specifying the temperature values when distributionType=UNIFORM or distributionType=FIELD. The value of the magnitudes argument is a function of the crossSectionDistribution argument, as shown in the following list:

  • If crossSectionDistribution=CONSTANT_THROUGH_THICKNESS then magnitudes is a Double specifying the temperature.

  • If crossSectionDistribution=GRADIENTS_THROUGH_SHELL_CS then magnitudes is a sequence of Doubles specifying the mean value and the gradient in the thickness direction.

  • If crossSectionDistribution=GRADIENTS_THROUGH_BEAM_CS then magnitudes is a sequence of Doubles specifying the mean value, the gradient in the N1 direction, and the gradient in the N2 direction.

  • If crossSectionDistribution=POINTS_THROUGH_SECTION then magnitudes is a sequence of Doubles specifying the temperature at each point.

status

A SymbolicConstant specifying the propagation state of the PredefinedFieldState object. Possible values are:

  • NOT_YET_ACTIVE

  • CREATED

  • PROPAGATED

  • MODIFIED

  • DEACTIVATED

  • DEACTIVATED_TO_INITIAL

  • NO_LONGER_ACTIVE

  • RESET_TO_INITIAL

  • TO_BE_COMPUTED

  • PROPAGATED_FROM_COMPUTED

  • BUILT_INTO_BASE_STATE

  • TYPE_NOT_APPLICABLE

  • INSTANCE_NOT_APPLICABLE

This member exists in all PredefinedFieldState objects, but different predefined fields use different subsets of the entire list of possible values depending on propagation rules.