Objects

The following list shows object types defined for use in Reflex input files.

Note

The root object is ReflexInput.

• Activation — This section includes the features required for the implementation of the event handling capability in Reflex
• AdditionalDensity — Density applied to group_names. The unit of density depends on the topology of group_names, eg for a surface its MassUnit/LengthUnit^2
• AdditionalMass — Total Mass applied to group_names
• Align — Definition of parameter for align connectors
• Antisymmetry
• ArcLengthControl — Arc-length control method for solution control (can bypass limit and bifurcation points).
• AugmentedLagrangeMethod
• AxialWrapping — Definition of an AxialWrapping spatial distribution.
• BDF — Backward differentiation formulas.
• BackwardEuler — Backward Euler method.
• Beam — Definition of parameter for beam connectors
• BearingLoad
• BodyLoad
• BoundaryCondition — Definition of boundary conditions applicable to each Physics in the simulation.
• Component
• Connector
• ConstantValues — Constant values (deprecated).
• ContactInitialization — This section includes the features required for initialization of contact problems
• ContactStabilization — This section includes the features required for the implementation of the contact viscous damping stabilization capability in Reflex
• Convection
• CoordinateSystem — Definition of a local coordinate system.
• CoordinateSystemSpatialDistribution — Definition of an CoordinateSystemSpatialDistribution spatial distribution.
• CrankNicholson — Crank-Nicolson method.
• Damping
• DeadLoad
• DeformableBody
• DirectEliminationMethod
• Dirichlet
• Displacement
• DistributedMass — Specifies additional mass properties to be added to the group_names.
• DoublePowerLaw — Definition of creep behavior using a double power law.
• DruckerPrager — Definition of plastic yield surface using Drucker-Prager with isotropic/kinematic hardening.
• DummySpring
• ElasticSpring
• Event
• Explicit — Definition of parameters for explicit time integration.
• Exponential — Definition of creep behavior using an exponential law.
• Expression — Definition of a function given by an algebraic expression.
• ExpressionTrace — Definition to use for outputting a time-dependent expression trace
• ExpressionValues — Mathematical expressions of special variables such as time (t), space (x, y and z) or temperature (T) and/or functions, either user-defined or built-in such as sqrt, sin or exp (deprecated).
• FieldData — Definition of field data.
• FieldFromFile — Definition of parameters for reading fields from external files.
• FieldFromValueInput — Definition of parameters for setting fields from values.
• ForceLoad
• FrequencyDomainAnalysis — Solve for the forced transient behavior in the frequency domain.
• Function — Definition of a function of one variable versus a second (potentially several) variable(s).
• FunctionCoefficients — Built-in functions available in mathematical expressions
• FunctionSpatialDistribution — Definition of a FunctionSpatialDistribution spatial distribution.
• FunctionTrace — Definition to use for outputting function trace
• Garofalo — Definition of creep behavior using a hyperbolic sine (Garofalo) law.
• General — Definition of parameter for general connectors
• GeneralSpring
• GeneralizedAlpha — Parameters for GeneralizedAlpha Integration scheme used for Transient Mechanical Physics
• GravityLoad
• Header — Header information for interfacing with other applications.
• HeatFlowRate
• HeatFlux
• Implicit — Definition of parameters for implicit time integration.
• InitialCondition — Definition for field initialization.
• InitialPenetrationCorrection
• Interaction
• Interpolation — Definition of a linearly interpolated function, i.e. a series of points defining a piecewise-linear curve of dependent vs independent variable(s) (only 1D).
• IsotropicDamage — Definition of isotropic damage behaviour.
• IsotropicDamageLemaitreLinearIsotropicHardening — Definition of isotropic damage behaviour following the traditional Lemaitre model with linear isotropic hardening.
• IsotropicDamageLemaitreNonlinearIsotropicHardening — Definition of isotropic damage behaviour following the traditional Lemaitre model with nonlinear isotropic.
• IsotropicFourier — Definition of thermal conductivity using isotropic Fourier properties.
• IsotropicGeneralizedQuadric — Definition of plastic yield surface using an isotropic generalized quadric equation.
• IsotropicLinearElastic — Definition of elastic behavior using isotropic linear elastic properties.
• KPIData — Definition of KPI data.
• LagrangeMultiplierMethod
• LineSearch — Options for line search.
• LinearInterpolation — Definition of a linearly interpolated function.
• LinearizedBucklingAnalysis — Solve for the linearized buckling response to obtain buckling ratios and buckling mode shape vectors.
• Link — Definition of parameter for link connectors
• LoadControl — Traditional load control method for solution control.
• MPDamping
• Material — Definition of material constitutive models for all Physics types.
• MaterialMap — Specifies the material for each part in the model.
• Mechanical
• MechanicalContact
• MechanicalGlue
• MechanicalProperties — Mechanical material properties.
• MeshAdaptation
• ModalAnalysis — Solve for the unforced modal response using frequencies and mode shape vectors.
• ModifiedHGO — Definition of elastic behaviour using a Modified Holzapfel-Gasser-Ogden anisotropic hyperelastic model.
• ModifiedShepardInterpolation — Definition of a modified Shepard interpolated function.
• MohrCoulomb — Definition of plastic yield surface using Mohr-Coulomb with isotropic/kinematic hardening.
• MomentLocation
• MooneyRivlin — Definition of elastic behavior using a MooneyRivlin hyperelastic model.
• NeoHookean — Definition of elastic behavior using a NeoHookean hyperelastic model.
• Neumann
• NonlinearSolver — Options for the non-linear solver.
• Norton — Definition of creep behavior using an exponential (Norton) law.
• OrthotropicFourier — Definition of thermal conductivity using orthotropic Fourier properties.
• OrthotropicLinearElastic — Definition of elastic behavior using orthotropic linear elastic properties.
• Output — Definition of output options.
• PenaltyMethod
• Physics — Contains all of the properties associated with the physics in the model.
• Pin — Definition of parameter for pin connectors
• PlasticityProperties — Definition of plasticity material properties.
• PointData — Definition of a named point that can be referenced by other objects.
• PostProcessAnalysis — Read the results from a previous run and perform post-processing operations on it (compute KPIs, write fields in VTU, etc.)
• Pressure
• Pseudo — Pseudo time stepping (only for testing purposes).
• QuasistaticAnalysis — Solve for static equilibrium using multiple steps.
• Radiation
• ReflexInput — Definition of a Reflex simulation.
• RemoteLoad
• Revolute — Definition of parameter for revolute connectors
• RigidBody
• Rotation
• SPDamping
• SaintVenantKirchhoff — Definition of elastic behavior using a Saint Venant Kirchoff hyperelastic model.
• Section
• ShepardInterpolation — Definition of a Shepard interpolated function.
• SimulationUnits — Declaration of the simulation units.
• Slider — Definition of parameter for slider connectors
• Slot — Definition of parameter for slot connectors
• Solver — Definition of solver options.
• SpatialDistribution — Definition of a spatial distribution of a certain property (either a scalar, a vector, or a tensor).
• StaticAnalysis — Solve for static equilibrium in a single step.
• StaticRigidBody — Definition of parameters for static rigid body.
• Symmetry
• Temperature
• Thermal
• ThermalGlue
• ThermalPower
• ThermalPowerDensity
• ThermalProperties — Thermal material properties.
• Theta — Theta method.
• Tie — Definition of parameter for tie connectors
• TimeStepping — Options for the time-stepping scheme.
• Torque
• TransientAnalysis — Solve time-dependent response using multiple time steps with options for implicit or explicit time integration.
• TransverseIsotropicLinearElastic — Definition of elastic behavior using transverse isotropic linear elastic properties.
• Tresca — Definition of plastic yield surface using Tresca with linear/nonlinear isotropic/kinematic hardening.
• UP — Finite element formulation for solid mechanics where the displacement/pressure are the unknowns
• ValueInput — Definition of value inputs for field set.
• ValueTable
• Values — Definition of values.
• VectorInterpolation — Definition of a VectorInterpolation spatial distribution.
• VonMises — Definition of plastic yield surface using von Mises with isotropic/kinematic hardening.
• VonMisesLinearHardeningNonlocal — Definition of plastic yield surface using von Mises linear hardening (nonlocal version).
• VonMisesLinearHardeningNonlocalExponential — Definition of plastic yield surface using von Mises linear hardening (nonlocal version) with exponential softening
• Layer
• Link
• Shell
• Solid
• Bottom
• Mid
• Top
• UserDefined

See also List of Enums.