Material properties source

[maheshh]

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I am wondering what is the best source (am willing to pay a subscription fee) for comprehensive material properties data? Ideally if the source is tailored to Ansys users (so that I can directly import the properties database into my Ansys db file), that would be perfect.
Especially for metals, am interested in the entire stress-srain curve because some of the components in my model are expected to be in the elasto-plastic range.

Thanks in advance.
-m

 

[Stringmaker]

MIL-HNDBK 5 would be a very good place to start for this information. Also, the vendor of the material is typically a good source as well if you're in any sort of heavily regulated industry (ie. aerospace). Most companies seem to develop their own set of material properties and do their own testing so for specific alloys much of this data may not be easily accessed. As far as getting this info into Ansys, why not just code up an *.mp file for each material and write some sort of subroutine you can call that reads in necessary materials before solving? Maybe I'm old fashioned or don't put much faith in others but I don't think I'd be comfortable using spoon fed material properties. That's just me though.

 

[maheshh]

I agree with you about writing a .mp file for the material data. Will do that.

As for the material properties source - I work for a company who is neither the buyer of the material or the manufacturer of the component. I am designing the component and having a supplier manufacture it for me. I guess I will go to the supplier to get me the property sheet.

Thanks,
-m

 

[Transient1]

For a wide variety of materials,

http://www.matweb.com

is a great resource.