Match model complexity to the decision being made.
Elastic-plastic and damage models
Modelling & Data · Numerical Modeling
Material Model Selection
Material-model selection matches the constitutive law to the material, loading, temperature, strain rate, anisotropy, and available calibration data. The simplest model that answers the engineering question is normally preferred.
- Price
- Request a quote Confirmed after technical review
- Turnaround
- Confirmed after project review Confirmed after technical review
- Typical outputs
- Recommended constitutive modelRequired calibration dataParameter and limitation summary
Why this service
What Material Model Selection can help you understand
Material-model selection matches the constitutive law to the material, loading, temperature, strain rate, anisotropy, and available calibration data. The simplest model that answers the engineering…
Identify missing calibration or validation tests.
Hyperelastic, viscoelastic, creep, or rate-dependent models
Check parameter identifiability and units.
Anisotropic, composite, porous, or user-defined behaviour
Choose the scope
Start from the question, not the tool
The method, preparation route and reporting depth depend on what you need to decide.
Elastic-plastic and damage models
Match model complexity to the decision being made.
- Best used when
- Match model complexity to the decision being made.
- Typical result
- Recommended constitutive model
- Preparation note
- Declare confidentiality, file, access or delivery constraints in advance.
Hyperelastic, viscoelastic, creep, or rate-dependent models
Identify missing calibration or validation tests.
- Best used when
- Identify missing calibration or validation tests.
- Typical result
- Required calibration data
- Preparation note
- Declare confidentiality, file, access or delivery constraints in advance.
Anisotropic, composite, porous, or user-defined behaviour
Check parameter identifiability and units.
- Best used when
- Check parameter identifiability and units.
- Typical result
- Parameter and limitation summary
- Preparation note
- Declare confidentiality, file, access or delivery constraints in advance.
Common outputs
A result package matched to the decision you need to make
Fields, conditions, processing and file formats are confirmed before work begins.
A representative output from Material Model Selection with agreed units, labels, and revision status.
Checks, tolerances, convergence, uncertainty, or inspection evidence appropriate to the service.
A concise interpretation connecting the deliverable to the customer decision.
Input requirements
What to provide before work begins
Provide representative, clearly labelled inputs and identify the decision, feature or comparison that matters.
| Suitable input | Submission requirement | Planning note |
|---|---|---|
| Project input or design file | Provide the current design, objective, constraints and required deliverables for technical review. | Declare confidentiality, file, access or delivery constraints in advance. |
Objective: state the decision, comparison or acceptance criterion the work must support.
Handling and access: declare hazards, instability, confidentiality, file constraints or special logistics before dispatch or transfer.
Questions and answers
Common planning decisions
Short answers to issues that can change preparation, scope, timing or interpretation.
What inputs are needed for Material Model Selection?
A clean CAD model or dimensioned geometry, with the required units and coordinate system.
Which service option should I choose?
Start with Elastic-plastic and damage models; the final option is confirmed against the required decision and acceptance criteria.
What will I receive?
Typical outputs include recommended constitutive model, required calibration data, parameter and limitation summary. Final files follow the confirmed reporting scope.
How long will it take?
Delivery timing is confirmed after the project inputs, scope and dependencies have been reviewed.
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Send the information needed to scope Material Model Selection correctly
- Current design, files, inputs and constraints
- Feature or decision the result must address
- Required comparison, acceptance criterion or reference
- Preferred output and reporting depth
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Typical turnaround: Confirmed after project review
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