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Material properties

matproplib defines some standard material property names. These are:

Property Name Units Definition
density kg/m³ Density of a material.
poissons_ratio Poisson's ratio.
residual_resistance_ratio Residual resistance ratio.
youngs_modulus Pa Young's modulus.
shear_modulus Pa Shear modulus.
bulk_modulus Pa Bulk modulus.
thermal_conductivity W·m/K Thermal conductivity.
coefficient_thermal_expansion K⁻¹ Coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE).
specific_heat_capacity J/kg/K Specific heat capacity.
electrical_resistivity Ω·m Electrical resistivity.
magnetic_saturation A·m²/kg Magnetic saturation.
magnetic_susceptibility Magnetic susceptibility.
viscous_remanent_magnetisation A·m²/kg Viscous remanent magnetisation.
coercive_field A/m Coercive field.
minimum_yield_stress Pa Minimum yield stress.
average_yield_stress Pa Average yield stress.
minimum_ultimate_tensile_stress Pa Minimum ultimate tensile stress.
average_ultimate_tensile_stress Pa Average ultimate tensile stress.