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Cload

*Cload - Concentrated load

*Cload, <option>
<node set name>, <Global direction {1,2,3}>, <Magnitude>

This option defines a concentrated load for the node set <node set name> in global coordinate direction <Global direction {1,2,3}> with a defined load magnitude. All sub-keywords are mandatory. <option> specifies how the load should be applied. The load can either be applied:

  • instantaneously (without any temporal delay) using <option> = instant

  • linearly increasing with step time (0% of the prescribed magnitude are applied at the beginning of the step and 100% at the end of the step time) using <option> = ramp

  • using a user defined amplitude defined prior to the step definition using <option> = Amplitude = <amplitude name>