Z-mat Library

Z-mat 8.3 is NW Numerics' primary software product we sell and develop and provides a full-featured material modeling add-on to finite element analysis codes. The library provides advanced consitutitive models in a flexible framework for a multitude of material types and model approaches. The material model library is standard with the Zebulon on all common UNIX and Win64 platforms, and as an extension to other commercial codes supporting a user material interface (see availability below).

Some topics which may be of interest are:

Overview of the library
New Features
Material models
Global solution methods (cycle skip)
Material files
ABAQUS interface
ANSYS interface
User extensions
ZebFront and Z-mat
Optimizer
Simulation

NW Numerics' 8.3 version is based on "Z-SET Base" from the early 2000s. The initial author of Z-SET Base is the Centre des Materiaux d'Evry, common research center of Mines ParisTech and Armines.