You are viewing the documentation for an older COMSOL version. The latest version is available here.
About the Material Library
The Material Library stores the material data in folders. A search engine on the Material Browser makes it easy to find materials to add to models — you can search by name, UNS number, or DIN number.
The following is some basic information about the available material properties contained in the Material Library.
•
The Material Library incorporates mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties primarily for solid materials.
•
The material properties are described as a function of some variable, typically temperature, and focus on elastic and thermal properties.
•
Where applicable, data is given for a material’s solid, liquid, and vapor phases. A material can also contain data for multiple orientations or variations.
•
The properties are analytic functions over a given interval of the argument.
•
Smoothing is used to interpolate the values of the properties between different intervals. You can choose the smoothing settings in order to obtain continuous first and second derivatives of the property functions.
•
Materials can be copied to a User-Defined Library where you can add and edit properties. You can also plot and inspect the definition of a function.
•
The material property data in the Material Library is based on the Material Property Database (MPDB) from JAHM Software, Inc.
•
For all properties contained in the Material Library, you can view the literature reference, notes, and reference temperature (where applicable) by first selecting a material property and then on the Material Browser, under Properties, click a specific property. Then information, when available, displays under Property reference.
•
Working with Materials
•
The Material Browser Window
•
The Add Material Window