This option is used to define linear elastic moduli.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Model
Set this parameter equal to the number of field variable dependencies included in the definition of the moduli. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed that the moduli are constant or depend only on temperature. See “Specifying field variable dependence” in “Material data definition,” Section 9.1.2 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual, for more information.
This parameter is applicable only when the *ELASTIC option is used in conjunction with the *VISCOELASTIC option.
Set MODULI=INSTANTANEOUS to indicate that the elastic material constants define the instantaneous behavior. This parameter value is not available for frequency domain viscoelasticity in an ABAQUS/Standard analysis.
Set MODULI=LONG TERM (default) to indicate that the elastic material constants define the long-term behavior.
Set TYPE=ISOTROPIC (default) to define isotropic behavior.
Set TYPE=ENGINEERING CONSTANTS to define orthotropic behavior by giving the “engineering constants” (the generalized Young's moduli, the Poisson's ratios, and the shear moduli in the principal directions).
Set TYPE=LAMINA to define an orthotropic material in plane stress.
Set TYPE=ORTHOTROPIC to define orthotropic behavior by giving the elastic stiffness matrix directly.
Set TYPE=ANISOTROPIC to define fully anisotropic behavior.
Set TYPE=SHORT FIBER to define laminate material properties for each layer in each shell element. This parameter setting is applicable only when using ABAQUS/Standard in conjunction with the ABAQUS Interface for MOLDFLOW. Any data lines given will be ignored. Material properties will be read from the ASCII neutral file identified as jobid.shf. See the ABAQUS Interface for MOLDFLOW User's Manual for more information.
Set TYPE=TRACTION to define orthotropic shear behavior for warping elements or uncoupled traction behavior for cohesive elements.
Set TYPE=COUPLED TRACTION to define coupled traction behavior for cohesive elements.
First line:
Young's modulus, E.
Poisson's ratio, 
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Temperature, 
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First field variable.
Second field variable.
Etc., up to five field variables.
Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than five):
Sixth field variable.
Etc., up to eight field variables per line.
Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define the elastic behavior as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.
First line:
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Second line:
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Temperature, .
First field variable.
Second field variable.
Etc., up to six field variables.
Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than six):
Seventh field variable.
Etc., up to eight field variables per line.
Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define the elastic behavior as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.
First line:
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. This shear modulus is needed to define transverse shear behavior in shells.
. This shear modulus is needed to define transverse shear behavior in shells.
Temperature.
First field variable.
Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than one):
Second field variable.
Etc., up to eight field variables per line.
Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define the elastic behavior as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.
First line:
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Second line:
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Temperature.
First field variable.
Second field variable.
Etc., up to six field variables.
Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than six):
Seventh field variable.
Etc., up to eight field variables per line.
Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define the elastic behavior as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.
First line:
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Second line:
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Third line:
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Temperature.
First field variable.
Second field variable.
Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than two):
Third field variable.
Etc., up to eight field variables per line.
Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define the elastic behavior as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.
First line (only line for defining orthotropic shear behavior for warping elements; in this case the data cannot be defined as functions of temperature and/or field variables):
for warping elements; 
for cohesive elements.
for warping elements; 
for cohesive elements.
for warping elements; 
for cohesive elements.
Temperature.
First field variable.
Etc., up to four field variables per line.
Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than four; relevant only for defining uncoupled traction behavior of cohesive elements):
Fifth field variable.
Etc., up to eight field variables per line.
Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define the elastic behavior as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.
First line:
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Temperature.
First field variable.
Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than one):
Second field variable.
Etc., up to eight field variables per line.
Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define the elastic behavior as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.