PASS/NOZZLE-FEM 3.5. Program Manual

3.6.2. Material database

Properties of element material can to be selected from data base (GOST 34233.1-2017, ASME II Part D, etc.) or is set by user.

Material database consists of two parts (fig. 3.20): group of standard materials and group of user's materials. First group cannot be changed by user. To edit the second group, "Edit user's materials" shall be selected.

Fig. 3.20. Standard material properties dialog

In the user's materials editor the following operations are available (fig. 3.21):

• Adding new "empty" material ("Add").
• Copying data table of existing material (command "Copy to clip-board"), following insertion to user material (command "Paste from clipboard").
• Deletion of material "highlighted" in the list ("Delete").
• Creation of the new material and copying into it the properties of the material, which is "highlighted" by the cursor in the list ("Add copy").
• Deletion of the group of lines with material properties ("Delete se-lected lines").
• Material renaming (the name of material is edited in the same field).
• Setting of material properties, depending on temperature, thickness, workpiece type, parameters Type/Grade and Class/Condition/Temper (by analogy with ASME II Part D).

Fig. 3.21. User defined material properties dialog

After pressing OK button a new material will appear in the group "User's materials".

Material properties at given temperature are determined by linear interpolation.

If some value is initially equal to 0, then at calculation in will be set automati-cally, as per GOST 34233.6-2017, based on the material type and grade.