materialelement
Materialelement is a generic concept used in materials science and related fields to denote a basic unit that encodes the properties and composition of a material for modeling, analysis, or data management. It is not a standardized term with a fixed definition, but is used informally to describe either an element in a finite element model carrying material properties or a record in a materials database that defines a material’s constitutive behavior.
In finite element and simulation contexts, a materialelement typically includes an identifier, an association with a
In data management and software frameworks, a materialelement can serve as a modular unit that couples geometry
Because materialelement is informal, its precise meaning varies by project and software. See also constitutive model,