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material models and failure

Thread starter rubadee
Start date Feb 13, 2007

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Feb 13, 2007

rubadee

Computer

Hi,
I am confused by the material models given in Ansys wb. Why do structural steel and titanium both have 0MPa compressive ultimate strength? I have been trying to get my model (with yield, then ultimate failure strengths in the material model) to yield and then fail the way that it does when i use structural steel- but is this model correct? I keep getting non-convergence when i put ultimate failure strengths in.

Thanks