Card 9 - MATVEC2 Material Orientation Definition

This optional card defines the material directions in the global coordinate system for plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric, and chocking elements.

Note:

If there are no corresponding orthotropic thermal conductivities defined, the MATVEC2 card is ignored.

Parameters: KODE, N1, T1, T2

KODE

KODE is the code MATVEC2 (or 114)

N1

N1 is an element number or a group name to which the MATVEC2 card applies.

T1

T1 is the angle THETA (degrees), which is the angle the material's thermal conductivity in the Xmat direction makes with the global X-axis.

T2

T2 is either the code XY or ZX. If T2 is XY, then THETA is measured from the global X-axis and rotated about the positive Z-axis (1). If T2 is ZX, then THETA is measured from the global X-axis and rotated about the negative Y-axis (2).

Code example


$ FOR ELEMENT 425, THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE MATERIAL DIRECTION AND THE GLOBAL X-AXIS IS 30 DEGREES
MATVEC2  425  30  XY