Indicator calculations for processes applied to materials

Indicator values for generic processes

For generic processes (that have been supplied by Ansys), the analysis calculates material-specific indicator values if the required material property data is available in the database for the material. The material properties that are required to calculate a material-specific value depend on the process, but might typically include Density, Compressive strength, or Melting temperature.

Generic materials

Records (that have been supplied by Ansys) in the MaterialUniverse table, contain all the material property data required to calculate material-specific indicator values, for all of the generic processes in the database.

In-house materials

Records in the Materials - in house table, may have the relevant material property data specified as attributes of the in-house material, or via a fallback link to a generic material in MaterialUniverse. Material-specific indicator values are calculated using data from the in-house material where available, and using generic data from the fallback material to fill any gaps in the material property data.

In-house materials that do not have a fallback link may be missing one or more of the material properties required to calculate material-specific values. If material-specific indicator values cannot be calculated (because material property data is unavailable), indicator values for this process cannot be calculated.

Indicator value for In-house processes

Calculation of material-specific indicator values is not supported for in-house processes.

If your Granta data administrator has provided material-independent 'average' values for Embodied Energy and Climate Change, these will be used in the analysis if they have been defined for the in-house process. If material-independent values are not available for the process, indicator values for this process cannot be calculated.