[mates] block

The block [mates] is used to calculate the material properties we plan to use according to our model, therefore, the material properties will be used by the [elmts] block. This block's layout looks as follows:

[mates]
  [mymate1]
    type=linearelastic
    params=210.0 0.3
  [end]
  [mymate2]
    type=linearelastic
    params=410.0 0.2
  [end]
  ...
[end]

It should be noted that, the name of the block mymate1 should be the same as the one you give in [elmts] subblock(the mate=mymate1 option).

options

The type = option specifies the name of the element type (or the physical model) one wants to use.

params= specifies the parameters we want to use in the material property calculation.

supported material type

The full list of the available element type is:

type=constpoisson
type=linearelastic
type=cahnhilliard
type=user1[,...,user10]