Material and Structural Models

The model_type argument selects how a mesh is interpreted by the solver. Each page below describes the kinematics and constitutive relation of one model.

Tag	Model	Kind
SD1	Cauchy Continuum Model	solid
PL1	Kirchhoff-Love Plate Model	plate / shell
PL2	Reissner-Mindlin Plate Model	plate / shell
BM1	Euler-Bernoulli Beam Model	beam
BM2	Timoshenko Beam Model	beam

Which formats accept which models is listed in Formats and Model Types.