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*INELASTIC HEAT FRACTION
Define the fraction of the rate of inelastic dissipation that appears as a heat source.

This option is used to provide for inelastic energy dissipation to act as a heat source in adiabatic thermomechanical problems. It is relevant when the ADIABATIC parameter is included on the *DYNAMIC or the *STATIC option. It is also relevant when a coupled thermal-electrical-structural or fully coupled thermal-stress analysis is conducted using the *COUPLED TEMPERATURE-DISPLACEMENT or *DYNAMIC TEMPERATURE-DISPLACEMENT options.

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/Explicit  Abaqus/CAE  

Type: Model data

Level: Model  

Abaqus/CAE: Property module

References:
There are no parameters associated with this option.

Data line to define the inelastic heat fraction: 

First (and only) line:

  1. Fraction of inelastic dissipation rate that appears as a heat flux per unit volume. The fraction may include a unit conversion factor if required. The default value is 0.9.