B. Material Properties Forms

This appendix describes the interactive input of material properties in the Design working environment of iDIANA.^B.1There are two way's of properties specification: via commands on the iDIANA command line or via so-called `forms'. In both cases, the basic choice is for the `aspect' of the properties. This appendix describes the input via forms with cross references to the appropriate section in this volume.^B.2

Depending on the model type that you specified with the FEMGEN command, DIANA offers you a selection out of the following aspects. You may activate an aspect by clicking on its tab.

Model Code Libraries

to apply predefined material properties for concrete and steel from various Model Codes [§B.1].

Linear Elasticity

to specify material properties for linear elasticity [§B.2].

Mass

to specify mass parameters [§B.3].

Damping

to specify damping parameters [§B.4].

Static Nonlinearity

to specify material properties for static nonlinear analysis [§B.5].

Transient Nonlinearity

to specify material properties for transient nonlinear analysis [§B.6].

Expansion

to specify material properties for thermal or concentration expansion [§B.7].

Woehler

to specify Wöhler diagrams for fatigue failure analysis [§B.8].

Flow

to specify material properties for potential flow analysis [§B.9].

Groundwater Flow

to specify material properties for detailed groundwater flow analysis [§B.10].

Aquifer

to specify material properties in an aquifer model for regional groundwater flow analysis [§B.11].

Lubrication

to specify material properties for lubrication elements in a model for Reynolds flow analysis [§B.12].

Cross-section

to specify material properties for cross-section elements in a model for cross-section analysis [§B.13].

Pore Fluid

to specify material properties for elements in a model for soil-pore fluid analysis [§B.14].

External

to read data from an external file [§B.15].