This option can be used only in conjunction with the *VISCOELASTIC option.
In an ABAQUS/Standard analysis, viscoelasticity must be defined in the time domain by using the *VISCOELASTIC option with the TIME parameter.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Model
This parameter applies only to ABAQUS/Standard analyses. In an ABAQUS/Explicit analysis the Williams-Landell-Ferry approximation is the only available choice.
Set DEFINITION=WLF (default) to define the shift function by the Williams-Landell-Ferry approximation.
Set DEFINITION=USER to define the shift function in user subroutine UTRS.