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*MAT_074 (ELASTIC_SPRING_DISCRETE_BEAM)
LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines a nonlinear elasto-plastic discrete beam material with one DOFs and optional preload option.

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  - *AIRBAG
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  - *HOURGLASS
    LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefine solid and hourglass formulation for 8-node solid elements.
  - *INCLUDE
  - *INITIAL
  - *INTEGRATION_SHELL
    LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefine user-defined through the thickness integration rules for the composite shell element.
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    LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword should always be the first card of the input file. Optionally used with *CONTROL_UNITS card to specify model units.
  - *LOAD
  - *MAT
    - *MAT_001 (ELASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, linear elastic material using Hooke’s law.
    - *MAT_001_FLUID (ELASTIC_FLUID)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, linear elastic material using Hooke’s law.
    - *MAT_002 (ORTHOTROPIC_ELASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis model expresses a simple orthotropic elastic material.
    - *MAT_003 (PLASTIC_KINEMATIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, elasto-plastic material with s Cowper-Symonds strain rate model.
    - *MAT_005 (SOIL_AND_FOAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, elastic-plastic simple material model for representing soil, concrete, or crushable foam.
    - *MAT_006 (VISCOELASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines an isotropic, visco-elastic material. It is generally used to model incompressible rubbers, polymers, foams, and elastomers.
    - *MAT_007 (BLATZ_KO_RUBBER)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines an isotropic, incompressible, Neo-Hookean hyperelastic material.
    - *MAT_009 (NULL)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a void material without stiffness.
    - *MAT_012 (ISOTROPIC_ELASTIC_PLASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, elasto-plastic material.
    - *MAT_015 (JOHNSON_COOK)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis model expresses material stress as a function of strain, strain rate, temperature dependency and plastic strain failure criterion.
    - *MAT_018 (POWER_LAW_PLASTICITY)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis model expresses isotropic plasticity model with rate effects which uses a power law hardening.
    - *MAT_020 (RIGID)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a rigid material assigned to a part.
    - *MAT_024 (PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic elasto-plastic material using tabulated stress versus plastic strain input for different strain rates.
    - *MAT_026 (HONEYCOMB)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines an orthotropic compressible honeycomb material.
    - *MAT_027 (MOONEY-RIVLIN_RUBBER)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a Mooney-Rivlin isotropic hyperelastic incompressible material.
    - *MAT_030 (SHAPE_MEMORY)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a super-elastic memory shape alloy material (SMA) compatible with integrated beam, solid and shell elements.
    - *MAT_032 (LAMINATED_GLASS)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines a layered glass with polymeric layers material models.
    - *MAT_034 (FABRIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an orthotropic elastic material with softening in compression.
    - *MAT_054 (ENHANCED_COMPOSITE_DAMAGE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an orthotropic shell composite material for unidirectional layers with Chang-Chang failure model.
    - *MAT_057 (LOW_DENSITY_FOAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, visco-elastic, low density foam.
    - *MAT_058 (LAMINATED_COMPOSITE_FABRIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an orthotropic shell composite material for unidirectional layers, complete laminates, and woven fabrics material.
    - *MAT_061 (KELVIN_MAXWELL_VISCOELASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, visco-elastic material for solid elements.
    - *MAT_063 (CRUSHABLE_FOAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines a crushable foam material with optional tension cutoff and elastic unloading.
    - *MAT_066 (LINEAR_ELASTIC_DISCRETE_BEAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines a linear elastic discrete beam material with 6 decoupled degrees of freedom and an optional preload option.
    - *MAT_067 (NONLINEAR_ELASTIC_DISCRETE_BEAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines a nonlinear elastic discrete beam material with 6 decoupled DOFs with an optional preload.
    - *MAT_068 (NONLINEAR_PLASTIC_DISCRETE_BEAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a nonlinear elasto-plastic discrete beam material with 6 decoupled DOFs with an optional preload.
    - *MAT_071 (CABLE_DISCRETE_BEAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines an elastic cable material with no stiffness in compression.
    - *MAT_073 (LOW_DENSITY_VISCOUS_FOAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a visco-elastic low density foam tabulated material for solid elements.
    - *MAT_074 (ELASTIC_SPRING_DISCRETE_BEAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines a nonlinear elasto-plastic discrete beam material with one DOFs and optional preload option.
    - *MAT_076 (GENERAL_VISCOELASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, visco-elastic material. It is generally used to model incompressible elastomers.
    - *MAT_077_H (HYPERELASTIC_RUBBER)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, hyperelastic, viscous, and incompressible material specified from uniaxial experimental data.
    - *MAT_077_O (OGDEN_RUBBER)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, hyperelastic, viscous, and incompressible material specified using the Ogden material models.
    - *MAT_081 (PLASTICITY_WITH_DAMAGE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic elasto-plastic material using tabulated stress versus plastic strain input for different strain rates and simple damage model.
    - *MAT_083 (FU_CHANG_FOAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic, highly compressible Fu Chang foam.
    - *MAT_091 (SOFT_TISSUE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis material is used to represent biological soft tissues such as ligaments based on Mooney-Rivlin formulation.
    - *MAT_092 (SOFT_TISSUE_VISCO)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis material is used to represent biological soft tissues such as ligaments based on Mooney-Rivlin formulation.
    - *MAT_098 (SIMPLIFIED_JOHNSON_COOK)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic elasto-plastic material using the Johnson-Cook material model.
    - *MAT_099 (SIMPLIFIED_JOHNSON_COOK_ORTHOTROPIC_DAMAGE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic elasto-plastic material using the Johnson-Cook material model.
    - *MAT_100 (SPOTWELD)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an elasto-plastic spotweld material for beam element (elform=9) or solid element.
    - *MAT_105 (DAMAGE_2)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an elastic viscoplastic material model.
    - *MAT_111 (JOHNSON_HOLMQUIST_CONCRETE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a material law that is based on the theory of Johnson-Holmquist-Cook model theory (also called Johnson-Holmquist-Concrete).
    - *MAT_119 (GENERAL_NONLINEAR_6DOF_DISCRETE_BEAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a nonlinear elasto-plastic discrete beam material with 6 degrees of freedom (DOFs). Different loading and unloading behavior can be specified.
    - *MAT_120 (GURSON)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a nonlinear elasto-plastic based on the Gurson constitutive law, which is used to model visco-elastic-plastic strain rate dependent porous metals.
    - *MAT_121 (GENERAL_NONLINEAR_1DOF_DISCRETE_BEAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a nonlinear elasto-plastic discrete beam material with one degree of freedom (DOF). Different loading and unloading behavior can be specified.
    - *MAT_123 (MODIFIED_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_PLASTICITY)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic elasto-plastic material using tabulated stress versus plastic strain input for different strain rates. Material thinning and FLD failure are also included.
    - *MAT_124 (PLASTICITY_COMPRESSION_TENSION)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an isotropic elasto-plastic material with tension and compression yield stress curves as a function of plastic strain.
    - *MAT_126 (MODIFIED_HONEYCOMB)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis model expresses a three-dimension orthotropic nonlinear elasto-plastic material, usually used to model honeycomb or foam material.
    - *MAT_138 (COHESIVE_MIXED_MODE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis model expresses a constitutive relation of ductile adhesive materials in 2 modes for normal and tangential directions.
    - *MAT_154 (DESHPANDE_FLECK_FOAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a material for modeling aluminum foam.
    - *MAT_156 (MUSCLE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a muscle model for safety applications. Used only with truss elements.
    - *MAT_169 (ARUP_ADHESIVE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines adhesive bonding material.
    - *MAT_177 (HILL_FOAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a highly compressible foam based on the strain energy function proposed by Hill.
    - *MAT_181 (SIMPLIFIED_RUBBER/FOAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a rubber material with uniaxial tensile/compression test results as input curve. This material can be used with solid elements only.
    - *MAT_183 (MAT_SIMPLIFIED_RUBBER_WITH_DAMAGE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an incompressible rubber material with uniaxial tensile/compression test results as input curve. Unloading damage curve can be specified.
    - *MAT_187 (SAMP-1)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a semi-analytical model for polymers material. This is an isotropic tabulated elasto-plastic material.
    - *MAT_196 (GENERAL_SPRING_DISCRETE_BEAM)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a nonlinear elasto-plastic discrete beam material with 6 degrees of freedom.
    - *MAT_224 (TABULATED_JOHNSON_COOK)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis model expresses material stress as a function of strain, strain rate, temperature dependency and plastic strain failure criterion.
    - *MAT_240 (COHESIVE_MIXED_MODE_ELASTOPLASTIC_RATE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a perfectly plastic cohesive material with state dependency, normal and shear damage, and normal and shear failure.
    - *MAT_252 (TOUGHENED_ADHESIVE_POLYMER)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis is a non-associated elasto-plastic model for polymer adhesives.
    - *MAT_ADD_DAMAGE_DIEM
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines failure criteria in which damage initiation and damage evolution can be separately defined.
    - *MAT_ADD_EROSION
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a cumulative failure model.
    - *MAT_ADD_THERMAL_EXPANSION
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordUsed to add thermal expansion property for material.
    - *MAT_B01 (SEATBELT)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a 1D seatbelt material.
    - *MAT_S01 (SPRING_ELASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a linear spring material.
    - *MAT_S02 (DAMPER_VISCOUS)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a linear damper spring material.
    - *MAT_S03 (SPRING_ELASTOPLASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines an elasto-plastic spring material.
    - *MAT_S04 (SPRING_NONLINEAR_ELASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a nonlinear elastic spring material.
    - *MAT_S05 (DAMPER_NONLINEAR_VISCOUS)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a nonlinear damper spring material.
    - *MAT_S06 (SPRING_GENERAL_NONLINEAR)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a nonlinear spring material with loading and unloading options.
    - *MAT_S08 (SPRING_INELASTIC)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a nonlinear spring material with stiffness available only in tension or in compression.
    - *MAT_S15 (SPRING_MUSCLE)
      LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a muscle model for discrete elements.
  - *NODE
    LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a node number and nodal coordinates in the global coordinate system.
  - *PART
    LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordDefines a part, which combines material and property information.
  - *RIGIDWALL
  - *SECTION
  - *SET
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*MAT_074 (ELASTIC_SPRING_DISCRETE_BEAM)

LS-DYNA Input Interface KeywordThis keyword defines a nonlinear elasto-plastic discrete beam material with one DOFs and optional preload option.

Format


(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
MAT_074 or MAT_ELASTIC_SPRING_DISCRETE_BEAM
`mat_ID`	$ρ_{i}$	`K`	`F0`	`D`	`FC`	`FT`
`LCF`	`LCD`	`C1`	`C2`	`V0`

Definition


Field	Contents	SI Unit Example
`mat_ID`	Material identifier. (Integer)
$ρ_{i}$	Initial density. (Real)	$[\frac{kg}{m^{3}}]$
`K`	`LCF`=0: Stiffness. `LCF`>0: Scaling coefficient for curve `LCF` ordinate. (Real)	$[\frac{N}{m}]$
`F0`	Initial force. (Real)	$[N]$
`D`	Linear damping coefficient. (Real)
`FC`, `FT`	Failure elongation in compression and in tension (both should be input as positive values). (Real)	$[m]$
`LCF`	Force versus displacement curve identifier. (Integer)
`LCD`	Damping force versus velocity identifier. (Integer)
`C1`, `C2`	Nonlinear damping coefficients.
`V0`	Reference velocity for nonlinear damping calculation.	$[\frac{m}{s}]$

Comments

This keyword maps to /MAT/LAW113 (SPR_BEAM) with one DOF.
Stiffness direction is defined by coordinate system referenced in *SECTION_BEAM. This is global coordinate system by default.
Beams with zero initial length are recommended.
The material is only used with *SECTION_BEAM, ELFORM = 6 discrete beam elements.
The option “_TITLE” can be added to the end of this keyword. When “_TITLE” is included, an extra 80 characters long line is added after the keyword input line which allows an entity title to be defined.