Material Properties

Material Properties

What’s the difference between the MP and MPDATA commands when defining a material property as a function of temperature?

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      When a material property is defined with MPDATA command (e.g. MPDATA,EX,MAT,1,c0,c1,c2) each value (c0,c1,c2,c3,c4) corresponds to the property at the MPTEMP temperature (MPTEMP, STLOC, T1, T2, T3). Thus, the property table is associated with the temperature data table. On the other hand when MP command is used (e.g. MP,EX,MAT,c0,c1,c2,c3,c4) a fourth order polynomial as a function of temperature is defined: Property = C0 + C1(T) + C2(T)2 + C3(T)3 + C4(T)4