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*SPECIFIC HEAT
Define specific heat.

This option is used to specify a material's specific heat.

Products: ABAQUS/Standard  ABAQUS/Explicit  

Type: Model data

Level: Model  

Reference:

Optional parameter:

DEPENDENCIES

Set this parameter equal to the number of field variables included in the definition of specific heat. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed that the specific heat is constant or depends 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.

Data lines to specify a material's specific heat: 

First line:

  1. Specific heat per unit mass. (Units of JM–1–1.)

  2. Temperature.

  3. First field variable.

  4. Second field variable.

  5. Etc., up to six field variables.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the DEPENDENCIES parameter has a value greater than six):

  1. Seventh field variable.

  2. Etc., up to eight field variables per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define the specific heat as a function of temperature and other predefined field variables.