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Material Properties

Function

  • Enter the material properties.
  • Providing two types of materials: Isotropic Material and Orthotropic Material. However, the Orthotropic Material can only be specified in the User Defined Material section. Additionally, when performing material nonlinearity analysis, a plastic model should be specified (refer to Plastic Material).

 

Call

From the main menu, select [Properties] tab > [Material Properties] group > [Meterial Properties]

 

Input

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Properties _ Material dialog box


Add...

Add new material(s)


Modify...

Modify the existing material(s)


Delete

Delete the existing material(s)


Copy

Copy the existing material(s)


Import

Loading material data from existing fn.mcb file

Material List : The material data stored in the existing fn.mcb file will be displayed.

 

Selected List : Select the material data you wish to import and register it in the list.

NOTE.png When selecting the fn.mcb file, all the existing material data stored in the fn.mcb file is automatically registered in the Selected List.

 

Numbering Type : Specify the Import mode for material property numbers.

Keep ID. : Import the data keeping the same material property numbers.

New ID. : Assign new numbers to the imported material property data.


Renumber

Changing the material number of existing material data

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Start number : Assign a new starting number for the material to be modified.

 

Increment : Enter the increment for numbering material property numbers.

 

Change element's material number : Modify a material property number. Using this option will modify the previously defined material property number. If this option is not checked, the selected material having previously defined number will become undefined and the additional user-defined material number will be created without any assigned elements.


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Material Data dialog box

General

Material ID : Material property number

 

Name : Material property name


Elasticity Data

Type of Design : Select a material property type, and enter the related data.

 

Type of Material : Select either Isotropic or Orthotropic material.

 

Isotropic : Isotropic material

 

Orthotropic : Orthotropic material (In case of Type of Design = User Defined)

 

Type = 'Steel'

Standard : Select the standards of a country in the field.

None : The user defines the material properties directly. The user may modify the data obtained from the DB standards.

ASTM(S) : American Society for Testing Materials

CSA(S) : Canadian Standards Association

BS(S) : British Standard

BS04(S) : British Standards / BS EN 10025 (2004)

DIN(S) : Deutches Institut fur Normung e.v

EN(S) : European Standard

UNI(S) : Italian National Standard

GOST(S) : Russian National Standard

BC1:12-ASTM/BS/JIS/GB(S) : Building and Construction Authority of Singapore, Design Guide on Use of Alternative Structural Steel to BS 5950 and Eurocode 3, Class 1 structural steel

BC1:12-Class2(S) : Building and Construction Authority of Singapore, Design Guide on Use of Alternative Structural Steel to BS 5950 and Eurocode 3, Class 2 structural steel

BC1:12-Class2(S) : Building and Construction Authority of Singapore, Design Guide on Use of Alternative Structural Steel to BS 5950 and Eurocode 3, Class 3 structural steel

AS/NZS 3678(S) : Structural steel - Hot-rolled plates, floorplates and slabs (2016)

AS/NZS 3679.1(S) : Structural steel - Hot-rolled bars and sections (2016)

AS/NZS 4672.1(S) : Steel prestressing materials general requirements (2007)

JIS(S) : Japanese Industrial Standards

JIS-Civil(S) : Japanese Civil Standards

GB03(S) : Chinese National Standard

GB(S) : Chinese National Standard

JGJ(S) : Chinese Industrial Standard

JTJ(S) : Chinese National Standard of Highway Engineering

JTG04(S) : Chinese Technical Standard of Highway Engineering. Wire and heat treated rebar materials can be selected from DB

TB05(RC) : TB 10002.3-2005 (Code for design on reinforced and prestressed concrete structure of railway bridge and culvert)

KS(S) : Korean Industrial Standard

KS-Civil(S) : Korean Civil Standards

IS(S) : Indian Standards

CNS(S) : Chinese National Standard

 

Type = 'Concrete'

Standard : Select the standards of a country in the field.

None : The user defines the material properties directly. The user may modify the data obtained from the DB standards.

ASTM(RC) : American Society for Testing Materials

CSA(RC) : Canadian Standards Association

BS(RC) : British Standard

NOTE.png When material data are defined per BS or Chinese Standards, Cubic compressive strength is used as opposed to Cylinder strength.

EN(RC) : European Code

UNI(RC) : Italian National Standard

GOST(RC) : Russian National Standard

AS17(RC) : AS 5100.5 Bridge Design Concrete (2017)

IRC(RC) : Indian Roads Congress IRC: 112-2011

IRS(RC) : Indian Railway Standards

IS(RC) : Indian Standards

TMH7(RC) : South African Standards

JIS(RC) : Japanese Industrial Standards

GB(RC) : Chinese National Standard

GB-Civil(RC) : Chinese National Standard

JTG04(RC) : Chinese Technical Standard of Highway Engineering

TB05(RC) : TB 10002.3-2005 (Code for design on reinforced and prestressed concrete structure of railway bridge and culvert)

KS01(RC) : Korea Industrial Standards (in SI unit system)

KS(RC) : Korean Industrial Standards (in MKS unit system)

KS-Civil(RC) : Korean Civil Standards

CNS(RC) : Chinese National Standard

JTG04(S) : Jiao Tongbu Gong Lu Biao Zhun (China)

 

Type = 'SRC'

Enter the material properties for steel and concrete in the Steel and Concrete entry windows similar to the above Type = 'Steel', 'Concrete' cases.

 

Type = 'User Defined'

Select when the material type is not 'Steel', 'RC' or 'SRC', or when the user wishes to define the material properties directly.
Orthotropic material properties can be also defined in ECS. User Defined materials are not used in Design.

Modulus of Elasticity

Poisson's Ratio
Poisson's ratio is used to calculate the Shear Modulus of Elasticity.

Thermal Coefficient
Thermal Coefficient for thermal stress analysis.

Celsius

Fahr

Weight Density
Use Weight Density to calculate self-weights and masses.

Shear Modulus : Shear Modulus of Elasticity(Local-xy, Local-xz, Local-yz)
Shear Modulus of Elasticity = Modulus of Elasticity / (2 x (1+Poisson's ratio))

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For Type of Material = Isotropic, Shear Modulus is calculated by the above expression. For Type of Material = Orthotropic, the user defines the values of shear modulii.

Use Mass Density : Mass per unit volume.

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If "Use Mass Density" is checked, Mass Density is calculated using the acceleration of gravity(g) given in the DB. If "Use Mass Density" is unchecked, Mass Density is calculated using the acceleration of gravity(g) specified in Model>Structure Type. The Mass is separate from Dead Load and used for eigenvalue analysis only.

 


Plasticity Data

Enter plastic material data.

Plastic Material Name : Select a Plastic Material whose plastic model properties have been defined in the Plastic Material dialog box.


Thermal Transfer

Thermal transfer data

Specific Heat

Heat Conduction

NOTE.png Members defined by User Defined Type cannot be designed by the design functions of midas Civil.


Damping Ratio

Define the damping ratio by materials.

NOTE.png (1)
Apply different damping ratios to concrete and steel for response spectrum analysis / time history analysis.
- Response Spectrum Analysis : When Strain Energy Damping is selected, the damping ratios can be defined by materials.
- Time History Analysis : When Strain Energy Damping or Element Mass & Stiffness Proportional is selected, the damping ratios can be defined by materials.

 

NOTE.png (2)
The default damping ratios for each material are:
- Steel : 0.02 (2%)
- Concrete / SRC : 0.05 (5%)
- USER : 0.00 (0%)

 

  • To modify previously entered material property data

Select the material property to be modified in the list of the Properties dialog box and click Modify... to modify the related data.

  • To remove previously entered material property data

Select the material property to be deleted in the list of the Properties dialog box and click Delete.

  • To copy previously entered material property data

Select the material property to be copied in the list of the Properties dialog box and click Copy.

  • To import material property data from an existing fn.MCB file

Click Import and select the MCB file containing the material property data or specify a file name then click Open.

Material List
Display material property data contained in the existing fn.MCB file.

Selected List
Select material property data to be imported and register them in the Selected List.

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If a fn.MCB is selected, all the material property data contained in the existing fn.MCB file are registered in the Selected List.

Numbering Type
Specify the Import mode for material property numbers.

Keep ID.
Import the data keeping the same material property numbers.

New ID.
Assign new numbers to the imported material property data.

  • To modify previously entered material property numbers

Select the material property numbers to be renumbered from the list in the Material dialog box and modify the related data followed by clicking Renumber.

 

Start number
Assign a new starting number for the material to be modified.

Increment
Enter the increment for numbering material property numbers.

Change element's material number
Modify a material property number. Using this option will modify the previously defined material property number. If this option is not checked, the selected material having previously defined number will become undefined and the additional user-defined material number will be created without any assigned elements.

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