Gel object

The Gel object defines a swelling gel.

The following topics are discussed:

Access
Gel(...)
Members
Corresponding analysis keywords

Access

materialApi.materials()[name].gel()

Gel(...)

This method creates a Gel object.

Path

materialApi.materials()[name].Gel

Prototype

odb_Gel&
Gel(const odb_SequenceSequenceDouble& table);

Required arguments

table: An odb_SequenceSequenceDouble specifying the items described below.

Optional arguments

None.

Table data

Radius of gel particles when completely dry, $r_{a}^{dry}$ .
Fully swollen radius of gel particles, $r_{a}^{f}$ .
Number of gel particles per unit volume, $k_{a}$ .
Relaxation time constant for long-term swelling of gel particles, $τ_{1}$ .

Return value

A Gel object.

Exceptions

None.

Members

The Gel object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the Gel method.

Corresponding analysis keywords

GEL