******* **MAT** ******* :: MAT = ----------------------- **Description / Usage** ----------------------- This card represents the start of each material section in the *Problem Description File*. Thus, one MAT card is required for each material section. Definition of the input parameters are as follows: =============== ========================================================= Filename of the material file from which all material properties for the current material will be read. The material file’s name plus extension is char_string.mat, and if the file is not present in the current working directory, the code will exit with the error message “Not all Material Files found in current directory.” This is a list of space delimited integers that define the set of element blocks for which this material file is applicable; the integers are the element block ids defined when the domain was meshed. =============== ========================================================= ------------ **Examples** ------------ The following specifies material file “sample.mat” applies to element blocks 1, 2, 3, 7, and 9: :: MAT = sample 1 2 3 7 9 Note, the “.mat” extension is not specified explicitly, but appended to the character string by the code. ------------------------- **Technical Discussion** ------------------------- No Discussion. -------------- **References** -------------- No References.