TCL Command TASK LOADFE

Description

Definition of a global point load on the structural element or on the structural node

Arguments

The basic arguments correspond to those of all tasks (cf. TCL Command TASK). The other arguments are to be entered in the form "key=value".

There are the following additional specific predefined arguments, cf. UI-input of LOADFE:

Key	Value	Dimension	Meaning
Fx	fx	FORCE	Force in X-direction
Fy	fy	FORCE	Force in Y-direction
Fz	fz	FORCE	Force in Z-direction
pos	pname	TEXT	Load application point in cross section
ex	x	LSTRUCTD	Shift of the application point in x
ey	y	LSTRUCTD	Shift of the application point in y
ez	z	LSTRUCTD	Shift of the application point in z
lnode	number	INT	Load application distributed at the element (0), at the start node (1) or at the end node (2)

Scopes

LOADCASE, TASKS

Examples

TASK LOADFE 1 LOCAL 0 4 "Fy=-100.000" "lnode=1" "descr=Point load at start node"

A vertical load of 100.0 is applied to all start nodes of the chosen assembly 4 .

TASK LOADFE 1 LOCAL 0 7 "Fx=2000.000" "ey=0.034" "descr=Point load on element"

A vetical load of 2000.0 is applied using an y-offset of 0.034 to the elements of the chosen assembly 7 .