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• Material
• Metal
• Plastic
• Composite
• Property
• Isotropic
• Isotropic
• Orthotropic Elasticity
• Behavior
• Material properties will be same in all directions.
• Exhibits both elastic and plastic behavior.
• Material properties will be same in all directions.
• Exhibits little elastic and more plastic behavior.

• Material properties will vary along each direction.

• Exhibits mainly elastic behavior.
• Inputs
• Young’s Modulus,
• Density, Poisson’s ratio, True stress-strain curve, tensile yield strength.
• Young’s Modulus,
• Density, Poisson’s ratio, True stress-strain curve,
• tangent modulus, tensile yield strength

• Young’s Modulus,
• Poisson’s ratio, shear modulus , orthotropic stress and strain limits for all x, y, z directions