Appendix A

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APPENDIX A

MATERIAL PROPERTIES

 

Appendix A.1:  Overview

Appendix A.2:  Isotropic Materials

Appendix A.3:  Orthotropic Materials

Appendix A.4:  Physical Properties

 

Appendix A.1:  Overview

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIGURE 1.  Guitar FEATURE (MATERIAL #:  PHYSICAL PROPERTY #)

 

Appendix A.2:  Isotropic Materials

 

TABLE 1.  Isotropic Materials [4]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix A.3:  Orthotropic Materials

 

TABLE 2.  Orthotropic Materials [4]

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE 2.  Orthotropic Materials (cont.) [4]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix A.4:  Physical Properties

 

TABLE 3.  Physical Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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No.

Material

FEM Name

E,

Mod of

Elasticity

(psi)

ν,

Poisson's

Ratio

ρ,

Density

(lbf sec2/

in4)

3

Mahogony, Honduras

Mahogony-2

1.59E+06

0.4

5.15E-05

2

Sitka Spruce

Sitka Spruce-2

1.55E+06

0.372

4.30E-05

6

Ebony

Ebony-2

2.00E+06

0.372

1.12E-04

4

Rosewood, Indian

Rosewood-2

2.32E+06

0.4

7.77E-05

5

Maple, Red

Maple-2

1.81E+06

0.434

5.80E-05

28

Bone

Bone-2

3.61E+07

0.41

1.12E-04

1

Steel

Steel-2

3.00E+07

0.29

7.32E-04

No.

Material

FEM Name

Ex

(psi)

Ey

(psi)

Ez

(psi)

7

Rosewood, Indian

Rosewood-1

2.32E+06

4.06E+04

4.35E+04

21

Sitka Spruce

Sitka Spruce-1

1.55E+06

6.79E+04

1.23E+05

No.

νxy

νyz

νxz

ρ,

Density

(lbf sec2/in4)

7

0.467

0.435

0.372

7.77E-05

21

0.467

0.435

3.72E-01

4.30E-05

No.

Name

Element Family

Thickness

(in)

1

Top Plate

Thin Shell

0.109

2

All Beam

Beam

N/A

3

Neck_Tail

Solid

N/A

4

Side Plate

Thin Shell

0.0781

6

Bottom Plate

Shell

0.09

9

Saddle

Thin Shell

0.1

10

Nut

Thin Shell

0.25