29.95 SpecificHeat object

The SpecificHeat object specifies a material's specific heat.

Access

import material
mdb.models[name].materials[name].specificHeat
import odbMaterial
session.odbs[name].materials[name].specificHeat

29.95.1 SpecificHeat(...)

This method creates a SpecificHeat object.

Path

mdb.models[name].materials[name].SpecificHeat
session.odbs[name].materials[name].SpecificHeat

Required argument

table

A sequence of sequences of Floats specifying the items described below.

Optional arguments

law

A SymbolicConstant specifying the specific heat behavior. Possible values are CONSTANTVOLUME and CONSTANTPRESSURE. The default value is CONSTANTVOLUME.

temperatureDependency

A Boolean specifying whether the data depend on temperature. The default value is OFF.

dependencies

An Int specifying the number of field variable dependencies. The default value is 0.

Table data

Specific heat per unit mass.
Temperature, if the data depend on temperature.
Value of the first field variable, if the data depend on field variables.
Value of the second field variable.
Etc.

Return value

A SpecificHeat object.

Exceptions

RangeError.

29.95.2 setValues(...)

This method modifies the SpecificHeat object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the SpecificHeat method.

Return value

None

Exceptions

RangeError.

29.95.3 Members

The SpecificHeat object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the SpecificHeat method.

29.95.4 Corresponding analysis keywords

*SPECIFIC HEAT