This option is used to define stress ratios for anisotropic yield and creep behavior. It can be used only in conjunction with material models defined by the *CREEP option, the *PLASTIC option (HARDENING=ISOTROPIC, KINEMATIC, or COMBINED; the *POTENTIAL option can be used in conjunction with COMBINED hardening only in ABAQUS/Explicit), and/or the *VISCOUS option.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Model
“Classical metal plasticity,” Section 11.2.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual
“Models for metals subjected to cyclic loading,” Section 11.2.2 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual
“Rate-dependent plasticity: creep and swelling,” Section 11.2.4 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual
“Anisotropic yield/creep,” Section 11.2.6 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual
“Two-layer viscoplasticity,” Section 11.2.11 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual
Set this parameter equal to the number of field variable dependencies included in the definition of 
in addition to temperature. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed that the anisotropy ratios 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.
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 dependence of on temperature and other field variables.