To apply a pressure load over a surface region
To apply either a uniform pressure or linearly varying pressure to a surface region, use the following procedure.
- Select the surface regions that will have the same pressure load applied.
- On the Region ribbon tab, select the corresponding tool in the Loads group.
- Select the Load group or case to which the load will be added from the drop-down list.
- Select the Direction of the load.
- (Variable Pressure only) Select the direction in which the load varies from the Variation along element drop-down list.
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Either:
Type the uniform pressure value
or
Enter the pressure values at each end of the variable pressure load:
For… Do this… Joint select the joint for three corners and then type the load values at each A local axis type the pressure value to use at each end - Click OK.