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*HYSTERESIS
Specify a rate-dependent elastomer model.

This option is used to specify the creep part of the material model for the hysteretic behavior of elastomers.

Product: ABAQUS/Standard  

Type: Model data

Level: Model  

Reference:
There are no parameters associated with this option.

Data line to define the creep behavior: 

First (and only) line:

  1. Stress scaling factor, .

  2. Creep parameter, .

  3. Effective stress exponent, .

  4. Creep strain exponent, .

Typical values of these parameters for common elastomers are given in “Hysteresis in elastomers,” Section 10.8.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual.