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*VOID NUCLEATION
Define the nucleation of voids in a porous material.

This option is used to model the nucleation of voids in a porous material. It can be used only with the *POROUS METAL PLASTICITY option.

Products: Abaqus/Standard  Abaqus/Explicit  Abaqus/CAE  

Type: Model data

Level: Model  

Abaqus/CAE: Property module

References:

Optional parameter:

DEPENDENCIES

Set this parameter equal to the number of field variable dependencies, in addition to temperature, that define the normal distribution of the nucleation strain. If this parameter is omitted, the constants defining the normal distribution may depend only on temperature. See “Specifying field variable dependence” in “Material data definition,” Section 21.1.2 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide, for more information.

Data lines to define void nucleation: 

First line:

  1. , mean value of the nucleation-strain normal distribution.

  2. , standard deviation of the nucleation-strain normal distribution.

  3. , volume fraction of nucleating voids.

  4. Temperature.

  5. First field variable.

  6. Second field variable.

  7. Etc., up to four field variables.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than four):

  1. Fifth field variable.

  2. Etc., up to eight field variables per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define the dependence of , , and on temperature and other predefined field variables.