OOF2: The Manual

Name

Mechanical:ZStrain — Out-of-plane strain

Details

  • Property Category: ZStrain
  • Parameters:

    ezz
    Out of plane strain Type: A real number.

  • Fluxes: Stress

Description

A plane-strain solution of the elasticity equations is one in which the zz component of the strain is zero. Using a nonzero value of the ZStrain Property imposes a constant non-zero zz value, ezz, of the out of plane strain. It behaves like a thermal expansion Property that only operates in the z direction (and is independent of temperature).

See Also

Section 2.3.1