The material property data is shown in the member and plate property data panels.
Material properties must be input for each type of member or plate material in the model. Each material property describes the properties of a single isotropic material.
Material
There are two fields, one for the material property number and the other for the material name. Material property numbers do not have to be sequential or in any particular order. The material name is used as a description for the material, and as a reference for materials which have been read from a library.
E
Value of Young’s Modulus for the material.
Poisson’s
Value of Poisson’s Ratio for the material.
Mass Dens
Mass density, required only for self weight calculations.
Temp Coeff
The coefficient of thermal expansion, required only for thermal loads. You must ensure that this is appropriate for the temperature units you have selected (see also Units).
F’c
Characteristic concrete strength, required only for concrete materials. Is used only in the SPACE GASS concrete design modules.
See also Material properties text.
See also Datasheet Input.
See also Member properties.
See also Plate properties.