The KinematicHardening object stores the data for initial equivalent plastic strains and, if relevant, the initial backstress tensor.
The KinematicHardening object is derived from the PredefinedField object.
import load mdb.models[name].predefinedFields[name]
This method creates a KinematicHardening object.
mdb.models[name].KinematicHardening
Required arguments
A String specifying the repository key.
A Region object specifying the region to which the predefined field is applied.
Optional arguments
An Int specifying the number of backstresses. The default value is 1.
A sequence of Floats specifying the initial equivalent plastic strain.
A sequence of sequences of Floats specifying the initial backstress tensor for kinematic hardening models. The default value is an empty sequence.
A sequence of Ints specifying section point numbers. This argument is valid only when definition=SECTION_PTS.
A SymbolicConstant specifying different types of kinematic hardening. Possible values are KINEMATIC_HARDENING, CRUSHABLE_FOAM, REBAR, SECTION_PTS, and USER_DEFINED. The default value is KINEMATIC_HARDENING.
A sequence of Strings specifying rebar layer names. This argument is valid only when definition=REBAR.
A SymbolicConstant specifying whether the load is uniform. Possible values are MAGNITUDE and ANALYTICAL_FIELD. The default value is MAGNITUDE.
Return value
A KinematicHardening object.
Exceptions
This method modifies the KinematicHardening object.
Required arguments
Optional arguments
The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the KinematicHardening method, except for the name argument.
Return value
Exceptions
The KinematicHardening object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the KinematicHardening method.
In addition, the KinematicHardening object can have the following member:
A String specifying the name of the AnalyticalField object associated with this predefined field. The field argument applies only when distributionType=ANALYTICAL_FIELD. The default value is an empty string.