13.5 Accessing the Abaqus material library from user subroutine UELMAT

Product: Abaqus/Standard  

Benefits: A new subroutine and utility routines allow you to access the Abaqus mechanical and thermal material libraries when defining a user element.

Description: User subroutine UELMAT is used to define user elements. Selected materials from the Abaqus material library can be accessed from this user subroutine using the utility routines MATERIAL_LIB_MECH and MATERIAL_LIB_HT.

References:

Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

Abaqus Keywords Reference Manual

Abaqus User Subroutines Reference Manual

Abaqus Verification Manual