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SurfaceLoad

Surface load feature of a surface.
Property Long name Unit Description
Name Name - Name of the surface load.
Comments Comments - Comments on the surface load.
Parent Parent - Name of the surface where the surface load feature is applied to.
Distribution Distribution -
Uniform
The surface load value is constant over the entire surface.
x-aligned increment
The surface load value changes linearly along the x-axis.
y-aligned increment
The surface load value changes linearly along the y-axis.
z-aligned increment
The surface load value changes linearly along the z-axis.
Vector-aligned increment
The surface load value changes linearly along a vector.
Free increment
The surface load value changes linearly along all axes.
Perpendicular
The surface load is perpendicular to the surface.
Perpendicular, vertical increment
The surface load is perpendicular to the surface and changes along the z-axis.
sign_ref σn,ref Force/Length2 Component of the load perpendicular to the surface.
sign_inc σn,inc Force/Length2 Increase of the component of the load perpendicular to the surface.
sigx σx Force/Length2 x-component of the load.
sigy σy Force/Length2 y-component of the load.
sigz σz Force/Length2 z-component of the load.
sig |σ| Force/Length2 Absolute value of the load.
Vector_x Vectorx Length x-component of the vector.
Vector_y Vectory Length y-component of the vector.
Vector_z Vectorz Length z-component of the vector.
sigx_inc_V σx,inc,V Force/Length2 Increment of the x-component of the load along the vector.
sigy_inc_V σy,inc,V Force/Length2 Increment of the y-component of the load along the vector.
sigz_inc_V σz,inc,V Force/Length2 Increment of the z-component of the load along the vector.
sig_inc_V |σinc,V| Force/Length2 Absolute increment of the load along the vector.
sigx_inc_x σx,inc,x Force/Length2 Increment of the x-component of the load along the x-axis.
sigy_inc_x σy,inc,x Force/Length2 Increment of the y-component of the load along the x-axis.
sigz_inc_x σz,inc,x Force/Length2 Increment of the z-component of the load along the x-axis.
sig_inc_x |σinc,x| Force/Length2 Absolute increment of the load along the x-axis.
sigx_inc_y σx,inc,y Force/Length2 Increment of the x-component of the load along the y-axis.
sigy_inc_y σy,inc,y Force/Length2 Increment of the y-component of the load along the y-axis.
sigz_inc_y σz,inc,y Force/Length2 Increment of the z-component of the load along the y-axis.
sig_inc_y |σinc,y| Force/Length2 Absolute increment of the load along the y-axis.
sigx_inc_z σx,inc,z Force/Length2 Increment of the x-component of the load along the z-axis.
sigy_inc_z σy,inc,z Force/Length2 Increment of the y-component of the load along the z-axis.
sigz_inc_z σz,inc,z Force/Length2 Increment of the z-component of the load along the z-axis.
sig_inc_z |σinc,z| Force/Length2 Absolute increment of the load along the z-axis.
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