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This commnand is used to construct a NodalLoad object.
This command is used to construct a NodalLoad object and add it to the enclosing LoadPattern.


{| style="background:yellow; color:black; width:800px"  
{| style="background:yellow; color:black; width:800px"  
| ''' load $nodeTag (ndf $LoadValues) '''
| ''' load $nodeTag (ndf $LoadValues) '''
|}
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{|
|  style="width:150px" | '''$nodeTag''' || tag of node to which load is applied.
|-
|  '''$loadvalues''' || ndf reference load values.
|}
|}




NOTES:
NOTES:
# The command to generate a LoadPattern contains in '''{ }''' the commands to generate all the loads and single-point constraints..
# The load values are reference loads values. It is the time series that provides the load factor. The load factor times the reference
values is the load that is actually applied to the node.


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Code Developed by: <span style="color:blue"> fmk</span>

Latest revision as of 20:52, 29 July 2011




This command is used to construct a NodalLoad object and add it to the enclosing LoadPattern.

load $nodeTag (ndf $LoadValues)

$nodeTag tag of node to which load is applied.
$loadvalues ndf reference load values.


NOTES:

  1. The load values are reference loads values. It is the time series that provides the load factor. The load factor times the reference

values is the load that is actually applied to the node.


Code Developed by: fmk