| Load
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Floor load value (force per unit area) in the
current units. This load will act parallel to the global vertical axis.
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| XRANGE / ZRANGE / YRANGE options
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Select one of these options to specify a floor load
by range of global coordinates
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| Group option
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Select this option to apply a floor load on a
previously added member group or composite deck definition.
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| Pressure
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Specify the pressure of the floor load in the
current force per square length units.
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| Direction
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The floor load may be considered as acting
perpendicular to the plane of the panel on which it is defined. This is the
normal static load condition. However, for the purposes of generating the mass
matrix for dynamic analysis, it may also be considered as weights lumped at the
nodes of its panels and acting (vibrating) parallel to the plane of the panel.
Hence, the user has the choice of specifying it in one of the 3 global
directions.
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| Define X Range / Y Range / Define Z Range
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Specify the location of the floor using the
Define X Range option. The load will be calculated for all members
lying between this range.
Corner points of the area on which the floor load
acts, in global X and Z directions. If omitted, the floor load is assumed to be
acting for all members located within the Y range specified.
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| One Way Distribution
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Select this option to use one way distribution to
get a one way type distribution of the pressure. In such cases the program
finds out the shorter side of the panel. It then divides the load in between
the long direction beams . No load is generated by this option if the panel is
square in shape.
To specify a floor load with the Z-axis vertical,
select the Floor With Z Range menu option. The data items are the
same as the Floor load with Y axis vertical except that the Y and Z axes are
interchanged.
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| Towards
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(One Way Distribution) Used to define the direction
in which the load is spanning by selecting a member in the loaded zone onto
which the load is to be directed. The default is for the load to resolve toward
the longer span of supporting beams framing the Floor load. However, you can
select a beam number to direct the load to that beam.
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| Panel Information Output group
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| Setting | Description |
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| Print to output file
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Includes the floor panel information in the
output file (.ANL).
Print Options (output file):
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Print - The total number of panels
identified, total area of all panels and total load generated will be printed
in the output file.
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Panel with member list - This
option is used to print panel member numbers on which loads are generated in
addition to the
Print option output.
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Panel with member load - This
option is used to print panel loading information in addition to the
Print with member list option
output..
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| Print to external text file
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This option will output the panel information
in an external text file named
(filename)
_FLD.TXT.
Print Options (external text file):
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Panel with member list - This
option is used to print panel member numbers on which loads are generated.
Additionally, the total number of panels identified, total area of all panels
and total load generated will be printed in the text file.
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Panel with member load - This
option is used to print panel loading information in addition to the
Print with member list option
output..
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