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Traffic Lanes > Macro 1 Input

Definition of the center line of a traffic lane by consecutive lane points.  Macro 1 creates the points in eccentric position on a longitudinal girder.

SettingDescription
EYel, EZel (Options) To specify how the load is applied on the elements.
SettingDescription
No Option selected Lane points are created along the element axes.
EYel and EZel The cross-section eccentricities will be considered. Lane points are created at the origin of the cross-section coordinate system.
EYel The cross-section eccentricity in y direction will be considered. Lane points at level of cross-section coordinate origin above element gravity axis.
EZel The cross-section eccentricity in z direction will be considered in addition to the user defined eccentricity ez.
El-from, El-to, El-step Elements where lane points are created.
Phi Dynamic coefficient for this lane.
Note: The influence values are multiplied with this factor phi. This allows for instance for defining a lane related dynamic allowance (although in practice more often related to the load trains). However, if this factor is dependent  on the span length and different in different spans, the selective definition for the  individual lane points may be useful. An other possible application is a lane with variable width and uniform surface load. In this case it is advantageous to define a load train for width 1 m, and to define the  actual width at the individual lane point as factor phi.
Ndiv The number of required sub-divisions in the elements. Lane points are created at element begin, element end and any here defined subdivision points