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Loads represent the stresses applied to the structure to be calculated.
There are several types of stresses, organised according to the type of analysis permitted.
Static loads
Several types of static loads can be combined within the same
load case :
Localised
forces and moments (on
surfaces, volumes or beams).
Stresses
distributed uniformly or linear variation stresses (on edge of
surfaces or volumes, or on the beam). These can be normal
to a face, tangential to a face, tangential
to an edge or a beam, or in
any direction.
For a
TopCASTOR 3D document, uniform (normal
or in a given direction)
and hydrostatic pressures
(on the surface or volume faces); for a TopCASTOR 2D document, uniform
or linear pressures on an edge.
Thermal loads (Temperature, Reference
temperature, Temperature map).
Accelerations,
in particular gravity.
Dynamic loads
There is only one type of dynamic load available; added inertias and masses. This is the only loading to be put into the dynamic load case.
Thermal data
For the purposes of thermal analyses, the term 'thermal data' shall be used in order to avoid confusion with the thermal loads referred to in static loads. This data can be combined in its specific load case (called "Thermal data" by default), the list of which is:
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