The @Author keyword

The @Author keyword is used give the name of the person who wrote the mfront file.

All the following words are appended to the author’s name up to a final semi-colon.

Note: The name of the person who formulated the material property, behaviour or model shall be given in the description section (see the @Description keyword).

Example

@Author Éric Brunon;

The @AuxiliaryStateVar keyword

The @AuxiliaryStateVar keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @AuxiliaryStateVariable.

The @AuxiliaryStateVariable keyword

The AuxiliaryStateVariable keyword introduces one or several new auxiliary state variables. It is followed by a type name and the name(s) of the variable(s) declared, separated by commas.

Example

// scalar auxiliary state variable
@AuxiliaryStateVariables strain p;
// symmetric tensors auxiliary state variable
@AuxiliaryStateVariables StrainStensor evp,evp2;

The @Behaviour keyword

The @Behaviour defines the name of the behaviour. The name must be a valid C++ class name.

The following characters are legal as the first character of an identifier, or any subsequent character:

_ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The following characters are legal as any character in an identifier except the first:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Example

@Behaviour Norton;

The @Bounds keyword

The @Bounds keyword let the user define the domain of validity of the law.

The @Bounds keyword is followed by a variable name, the keyword in and an interval. The interval may contain the infinity, represented by the ’*’ character.

Effect

What happens if a variable if found to be out of its bounds depends on the interface used. Most interfaces let the user choose one of three following policies:

Example

@Bounds T in [293.15:873.15];

The @Brick keyword

The @Brick keyword introduces a behaviour brick.

Example

@Brick "StandardElasticity";

The @Coef keyword

The @Coef keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @MaterialProperty.

The @ComputeThermalExpansion keyword

The keyword @ComputeThermalExpansion is not documented yet

The @DSL keyword

The @DSL keyword specify the domain specific language (dsl) used.

The list of available dsl’s is returned by the --list-dsl option of mfront:

$ mfront --list-dsl

As the time of writting this notice, the following dsl’s are available:

Example

@DSL Implicit;

The @Date keyword

The @Date keyword allows the user to precise when the mfront file was written.

All the following words are appended to the date up to a final semi-colon.

Example

@Date 2008-11-17;

The @Description keyword

The @Description describes the material property, behaviour or model which is implemented in a mfront file.

This keyword is followed by a block containing all the relevant piece of information including:

Example

@Description
{
  Corrélation établie sur la nuance V-4Cr-4Ti.

  Propriétés extraites du document :

  Propriétés et comportement mécanique d alliages
   de Vanadium avant, après et sous irradiation

  Marion Le Flem, Jean-Luc Bechade, Annick Bougault,
  Aurore Michaux, Lionel Gosmain, Jean-Louis Seran
  DMN/SRMA/LA2M/NT/2008-2967/A
}

The @ExternalStateVar keyword

The @ExternalStateVar keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @ExternalStateVariable.

The @ExternalStateVariable keyword

The ExternalStateVariable keyword introduces one or several new external state variables. It is followed by a type name and the name(s) of the variable(s) declared, separated by commas.

The external state variables names must be valid C++ identifiers.

The following characters are legal as the first character of an identifier, or any subsequent character:

_ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The following characters are legal as any character in an identifier except the first:

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Arrays

One may declare an array of external state variables by specifying the array size after the external state variable name.

External names

It is recommended to associate to a external state variable a glossary or an entry name through the methods setGlossaryName or setEntryName respectively.

Example

// scalar external state variable
@ExternalStateVariable strain s;

The @Import keyword

The @Import keyword allows the inclusion of one or several (external) mfront files. This keyword is followed by a string or an array of strings. Each string stands for a mfront file name that is meant to be imported.

This instruction interrupts the treatment of the current file and starts the sequential treatment of each file to be imported.

Search paths

Files to be imported are searched, in that order:

Example

@Import "SlidingSystemsCC.mfront";

The @Includes keyword

The @Includes introduces a block were the user may define some preprocessor directives, typically #include directives (hence the name).

Example

@Includes{
#include<fstream>
}

The @InitLocalVariables keyword

The @InitLocalVariables keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @InitializeLocalVariables.

The @InitLocalVars keyword

The @InitLocalVars keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @InitializeLocalVariables.

The @InitializeLocalVariables keyword

The @InitializeLocalVariables introduces a code block meant to initialize the local variables (see the @LocalVariable keyword).

Example

//! volumic fraction of each phase
@LocalVariable real  fv[Np];
//! interaction matrix
@LocalVariable tfel::math::tmatrix<Nss,Nss,real> mh;

@InitLocalVariables<Append>{
  // volumic fraction of each phase
  for(unsigned short i=0;i!=Np;++i){
    fv[i]=1.0/static_cast<real>(Np) ; 
  }
  // interaction matrix
  const real h1 = 1.;
  const real h2 = 1.;
  const real h3 = 1.;
  const real h4 = 1.;
  const real h5 = 1.;
  const real h6 = 1.;
  mh = InteractionMatrix::getInteractionMatrix(h1,h2,h3,
                           h4,h5,h6);
}

The @IntegerConstant keyword

The keyword @IntegerConstant is not documented yet

The @Integrator keyword

The keyword @Integrator is not documented yet

The @Interface keyword

The @Interface keyword let the user specify interfaces to be used. The keyword is followed by a list of interface name, separated by commas.

Using this keyword is considered a bad pratice. The user shall use the --interface command line argument to specify which interface shall be used.

Example

@Interface castem;

The @IsTangentOperatorSymmetric keyword

The keyword @IsTangentOperatorSymmetric is not documented yet

The @IsotropicBehaviour keyword

The @IsotropicBehaviour declares the behaviour to be isotropic. As this symmetry is the default one, this keyword is seldom used.

Example

@IsotropicBehaviour;

The @IsotropicElasticBehaviour keyword

The @IsotropicElasticBehaviour is used to declare that the elastic behaviour is isotropic even though the material as been declared orthotropic. This declaration affects the @RequireStiffnessTensor behaviour.

Example

@IsotropicElasticBehaviour;

The @Library keyword

The @Library keyword let the user specify part of the generated libary name. This keyword is followed by the name of library.

This name must be a valid C++ identifier. The following characters are legal as the first character of an identifier, or any subsequent character:

_ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The following characters are legal as any character in an identifier except the first:

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Example

@Library AlcyoneLibrary;

The @Link keyword

The @Link keyword let the user specify additional linker flags used to build their shared library/executables. This keyword must be followed by a string or an array of strings.

Usage of the @Link keyword is deprecated a linker flags are not portable. The user may prefer using the LDFLAGS environment variable.

Example

// explicit link with libm.so
// (not necessary in pratice)
@Link "-lm";

The @LocalVar keyword

The @LocalVar keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @LocalVariable.

The @LocalVariable keyword

The keyword @LocalVariable is not documented yet

The @MFront keyword

The keyword @MFront is not documented yet

The @Material keyword

The @Material keyword let the user specify which material is treated by the current file. This keyword is followed by the name of the material.

This name must be a valid C++ identifier. The following characters are legal as the first character of an identifier, or any subsequent character:

_ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The following characters are legal as any character in an identifier except the first:

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Example

@Material UO2;

The @MaterialLaw keyword

The @MaterialLaw keyword imports the definition of a material law defined in a mfront file and compiles, as part of the current library, an function using the mfront interface. This function is available in every standard code blocks.

The @MaterialLaw keyword is followed by a string or an array of string identifying mfront files.

Search paths

Files to be imported are searched, in that order:

Note

The mfront interface has been created to avoid names conflict.

For internal reasons, mfront reports the creation of an auxiliary library which is of no use.

Example

@MaterialLaw "UO2_YoungModulus.mfront";

The @MaterialProperty keyword

The @MaterialProperty keyword let the user define one or several material properties. This keyword is followed by the type of the material property and a list of material properties names separated by commas.

The material properties names must be valid C++ identifiers.

The following characters are legal as the first character of an identifier, or any subsequent character:

_ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The following characters are legal as any character in an identifier except the first:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Arrays

One may declare an array of material properties by specifying the array size after the material property name.

External names

It is recommended to associate to a material property a glossary or an entry name through the methods setGlossaryName or setEntryName respectively.

Example

// scalar material property
@MaterialProperty stress young;
young.setGlossaryName("YoungModulus");

The @Members keyword

The keyword @Members is not documented yet

The @ModellingHypotheses keyword

The keyword @ModellingHypotheses is not documented yet

The @ModellingHypothesis keyword

The keyword @ModellingHypothesis is not documented yet

The @OrthotropicBehaviour keyword

The @OrthotropicBehaviour declares the behaviour to be orthotropic.

Example

@OrthotropicBehaviour;

The @Parameter keyword

The @Parameter keyword declares a new parameter or a list of new parameters. Optionally, the default value of the declared parameters may also be given following various C++ standard assignment syntaxes.

The default value of a parameter can also be declared after its declaration using the setDefaultValue method.

Example

@Parameter  R0 = 500;
@Parameter  Q1{1000000000},b1{0.000001};
@Parameter  Q2(0),b2(0);
@Parameter  fc;
fc.setDefaultValue(1.e-2);

The @Parser keyword

The @Paser keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @DSL.

The @PhysicalBounds keyword

The @PhysicalBounds keyword let the use define the physical domain of a variable.

The @PhysicalBounds keyword is followed by a variable name, the keyword in and an interval. The interval may contain the infinity, represented by the ’*’ character.

Effect

In implicit schemes, if physical bounds are set on a integration variable, this variable is bounded to satisfy them during the internal iterations.

If a variable is found to be out of its physical bounds, the computations are stopped. The tests are performed at different stages of the integration depending on the nature of the variable.

Example

// a temperature (in Kelvin) can't be negative
@PhysicalBounds T in [0:*[;

The @PredictionOperator keyword

The keyword @PredictionOperator is not documented yet

The @Private keyword

The @Private keyword let the user define private methods or members of in the generated behaviour class.

Example

@Private{
  void display(void) const{
    std::cout << "eto " << this->eto << std::endl;
  }
} // end of @Private

The @Profiling keyword

The @Profiling keyword is followed by a boolean. If true, several high resolutions clocks will be introduced in the generated code to profile performance bottlenecks. The total time spend in various portions of the generated code will be stored and displayed when the calling process exits.

Example

@Profiling true;

The @ProvidesSymmetricTangentOperator keyword

The keyword @ProvidesSymmetricTangentOperator is not documented yet

The @ProvidesTangentOperator keyword

The keyword @ProvidesTangentOperator is not documented yet

The @RequireStiffnessOperator keyword

The @RequireStiffnessOperator keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @RequireStiffnessTensor.

The @RequireStiffnessTensor keyword

The @RequireStiffnessTensor keyword requires the stiffness tensor to be computed by the calling code. This generally means that some extra material properties will be introduced and handled by the interface before the behaviour integration.

By default, the stiffness tensor will have the same symmetry than the behaviour (see @IsotropicElasticBehaviour to change this in the case of an orthotropic behaviour).

@RequireStiffnessTensor true;

The @RequireThermalExpansionCoefficientTensor keyword

The @RequireThermalExpansionCoefficientTensor keyword requires the thermal expansion coefficient tensor to be computed by the calling code. This generally means that some extra material properties will be introduced and handled by the interface before the behaviour integration.

The thermal expansion tensor will have the same symmetry than the behaviour. For example, for an isotropic behaviour, the thermal expansion tensor will be proportional to the identity. For an orthotropic behaviour, the thermal expansion tensor is diagonal and expressed in the material frame.

@RequireThermalExpansionCoefficientTensor true;

The @Sources keyword

The @Sources keyword let the user define a code block that will be integrated in the generated sources of a behaviour. This allows the user to implement their own classes or functions. This declarations of such classes or functions can be made in a code block introduced by the @Includes keyword.

@Includes{
  //! declaration of the function f
  void f(void);
}

@Sources{
  // source of the function
  void f(void){
    std::cout << "Example of a function " << std::endl;
  } // end of f
}

The @StateVar keyword

The @StateVar keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @StateVariable.

The @StateVariable keyword

The StateVariable keyword introduces one or several new state variables. It is followed by a type name and the name(s) of the variable(s) declared, separated by commas.

The state variables names must be valid C++ identifiers.

The following characters are legal as the first character of an identifier, or any subsequent character:

_ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The following characters are legal as any character in an identifier except the first:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Arrays

One may declare an array of state variables by specifying the array size after the state variable name.

External names

It is recommended to associate to a state variable a glossary or an entry name through the methods setGlossaryName or setEntryName respectively.

Example

// scalar state variable
@StateVariables strain p;
// symmetric tensors state variable
@StateVariables StrainStensor evp,evp2;

The @StaticVar keyword

The @StaticVar keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @StaticVariable.

The @StaticVariable keyword

The @StaticVariable keyword let the user define a constant value. Unlike parameters (see the @Parameter keyword), static variables’ values can’t be changed after compilation.

This keyword must be followed by the type of the constant, its name, an equal sign and its value.

Example

@StaticVariable real A = 1.234e56;

The @TangentOperator keyword

The TangentOperator keyword introduces a code block used to define the tangent operator. This code is called once the integration variables, the stresses and the auxiliary state variables (see the @UpdateAuxiliaryStateVariables keyword) have been updated.

The kind of tangent operator requested is given by variable named smt (stiffness matrix type). As the time of writting this notice, the possible values for smt are the following:

Example

@TangentOperator{
  using namespace tfel::material::lame;
  if((smt==ELASTIC)||(smt==SECANTOPERATOR)){
    computeAlteredElasticStiffness<hypothesis,Type>::exe(Dt,lambda,mu);
  } else if (smt==CONSISTENTTANGENTOPERATOR){
    StiffnessTensor De;
    Stensor4 Je;
    computeElasticStiffness<N,Type>::exe(De,lambda,mu);
    getPartialJacobianInvert(Je);
    Dt = De*Je;
  } else {
    return false;
  }
}

The @UpdateAuxiliaryStateVariables keyword

The UpdateAuxiliaryStateVariables introduces a code block meant to update the auxiliary state variables after integration.

In implicit domain specific languages, the code declared by UpdateAuxiliaryStateVariables is called once the integration variables (including state variables) and stresses (see the @ComputeFinalStress keyword) have been updated. The external state variables are not updated.

In Runge-Kutta domain specific languages, the code declared by UpdateAuxiliaryStateVariables is called after each successful time step. Keep in mind that most Runge-Kutta algorithms performs internal substeppings: in this case, the code declared by UpdateAuxiliaryStateVariables may be called several time during the behaviour integration. An additional variable called dt_, which is lower than the total time step increment dt if substeppings is performed, gives the current time increment. The external state variables are set to their values at the current date.

Example (Implicit dsl)

@UpdateAuxiliaryStateVariables{
  // valeur de milieu de pas, q ayant
  // déjà été mis à jour
  const real q_ = q-(1-theta)*dq;
  const real Q = Q0 + (Qm - Q0) * (1 - exp(-2 * Mu * q_) );
  R+=b*(Q-R)*dp;
}

Example (Runge-Kutta dsl)

@UpdateAuxiliaryStateVariables{
  sigeq = sqrt(sig|sig);
}

The @UpdateAuxiliaryStateVars keyword

The @UpdateAuxiliaryStateVars keyword is a deprecated synonymous of @UpdateAuxiliaryStateVariables.

The @UseQt keyword

The UseQt keyword (use quantities) specify if the behaviour compilation should perform compile-time units checks. It is followed by a boolean.

Note

This feature is still experimental and is disabled in most cases.

Example

@UseQt true;