matproplib 0.0.1

Materials that are dependent on conditions

matproplib: Materials Property Library

matproplib is an engineering materials property library. It can be used to create material objects with associated material property parameterisations dependent on operational conditions (e.g. temperature) for use in engineering analyses, including neutronics and finite element analyses.

Installation

The latest stable release is available through pip:

pip install matproplib

If you want to work on more recent versions:

pip install matproplib@git+https://github.com/Fusion-Power-Plant-Framework/matproplib@main

Library

A few materials with some publicly available material property parameterisations are included for convenience. These will be progressively added to.

Sadly, many material property parameterisations are not publicly available. For such cases, we recommend you construct your own Materials in your own repositories.

Conventions

matproplib uses SI units, which includes the use of K for temperature.

Phase transitions are generally not handled, although properties are available for some fluids through the CoolProp library.

By default, material compositions are specified by atomic fractions. When used in neutronics, isotopes of elements default to natural abundances, unless otherwise specified.