An integrated program library for material property data

Abstract

A program system for material property data (MAPLIB) is introduced which is available for incorporating large quantities of material data in a form suitable for computer programs. MAPLIB consists of a multitude of Fortran Function subprograms — one for each material property — which are in accordance with some conventions relative to form, nomenclature and units. The data can be retrieved by problem programs in a flexible mode. As far as possible errors in retrieval requests are supervised. For the integration of new data functions in MAPLIB a utility is available.