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*FLOCLOAD

Data format:

One line with 2 values separated by only one blank space, as follows:

NODE_ID FILENAME

Status:

Optional (time-domain dynamic analyses).

Purpose:

To define concentrated time dependent loads in the local frame of the node.

Restriction:

The node NODE_ID must have been previously defined (keyword *NODES)

Details:

Parameter	Description
NODE_ID	Identification number of the node where the force is to be applied.
FILENAME	Path and filename of the external data file providing the load components function of time.

Note

The structure of FILENAME is as follows :

T0 FX FY FZ MX MY MZ
T1 FX FY FZ MX MY MZ
T2 FX FY FZ MX MY MZ
...
Tn FX FY FZ MX MY MZ

The number of lines is unlimited.

FX FY FZ are the force components in Newton. MX MY MZ are the moment components in Newton.m.

During the first period this expression is multiplied by a factor t/RAMP in order to provide a progressive application of the prescribed loads (see keyword *RAMPTIME)