This option is used to specify either isotropic linear elastic shear or linear viscous shear behavior for a hydrodynamic material. It must be used in conjunction with the *EOS option.
Product: ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Model
Set this parameter equal to the number of field variable dependencies included in the definition of the shear modulus or viscosity, in addition to temperature. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed that the shear modulus or viscosity depends only on temperature. See “Using the DEPENDENCIES parameter to define field variable dependence” in “Material data definition,” Section 9.1.2 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual, for more information.
Set TYPE=ELASTIC (default) to define isotropic linear elastic shear behavior.
Set TYPE=VISCOUS to define linear viscous shear behavior.
First line:
Shear modulus, 
.
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 shear modulus as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.
First line:
Viscosity.
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 viscosity as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.