Materials

Material Type

Follow the below steps to import a material from the database.

1	Go to Properties/Materials.
2	In 1^st row, click-three-dots icon under Name and click Import Material.
3	Material Type > Steel
4	From Database drop-down, select Steel Material Database (US)
5	Select Category as Structural Steel
6	Select Asset as A709_50.
7	Click Import
8	Check the imported material placed in 1^st row including the mechanical properties
9	Material Type > Concrete
10	From Database drop-down, select Concrete Material Database (US).
11	Select Category as Cube.
12	Select Asset as FcCube_4ksi
13	Click Import.
14	Check the change in Materials data spreadsheet
15	Check the Steel column and Concrete column for the material type-specific properties.

Stress-Strain Model

Follow the below steps to include a rigid material definition.

1	Go to any column of steel/concete material row.
2	Click on three-dots icon of any cell of the row. Select Edit MaterialName.
3	Edit for reinforcing steel:
4	Select from Type drop-down as Reinforcing Steel.
5	From Stress-Strain Model drop-down, select Bilinear Steel.
6	Click Save.
7	Edit for concrete materials,
8	Select from Type drop-down as Concrete.
9	From Stress-Strain Model drop-down, select Mander Concrete.
10	Click Save.
11	Example (custom material):

Follow the next steps to set material definitions to be used in this bridge example.

1	Go to Properties/Materials.
2	In 1^st row, click-three-dots icon under Name and click Import Material.
3	Import following materials from OpenBrIM Library: A709_50 FcCube_4ksi A615_60 A709_50W
4	Define a new material named “RigidMaterial”
5	Copy the data below RigidMaterial 29000.0000 0.3000 11153.8462 0.0000 6.0000 concrete
6	Paste copied data

Completed material definitions are illustrated below.