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If you look under the Outline of Schematic A2: Engineering Data Window, you will see that the default material is Structural Steel. The Problem Specification states we will be using Aluminum 6061-T6. To add a new material, click in an empty box labeled Click here to add a new material and give it a name. Our Material is Al 6061-T6
. On the left hand side of the screen in the Toolbox window, expand Linear Elastic and double click Isotropic Elasticity to specify E and
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In the Properties of: Al 6061-T6 window, Set the Elastic Modulus units to psi, set the magnitude as
1E7
, and set the Poisson Ratio to 0.33
.We will need to define the density as well. Expand Physical Properties and double click density. In the Properties of: Al 6061-T6 window, a density bar will have appeared. Define it as being 2700 kg/m^3
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