Solid properties

To assign the section and material properties to the solid choose:

            Data->Conditions->Properties

Choose condition over volumes: Solid.

To assign the properties to the solid, the values are:

·        Units will be treated with more detail in another section.

·        E is the Young modulus (4.32 e8 N/m2) and nu is the Poisson coefficient with value 0.0 in this case (it is non-dimensional).

·        The Specific Weight is the self-weight of the solid (80000 N/m3). The weight is considered in the direction of the gravity, which will be defined later.

Once the values are filled in, the condition must be assigned to the volume that defines the solid.

The conditions that have been assigned can be viewed with the Draw button in the conditions window.