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Winch Line Internal Fluid

The Internal fluid sheet defines the default internal content of the line. The internal fluid defines a constant (steady) internal fluid condition for lines. Parameters are entered to account for the additional mass and the internal pressure.

You may define the internal fluid data applicable to the line by doing either of the following:

  • Select "Use internal fluid data defined in the table below": This defines internal fluid data directly in the Internal fluid data sheet. Data to be input are similar to those of the Internal fluid type. Refer to the Internal fluid type for details on the data.

  • Select "Use internal fluid data defined in external property": This assigns an existing Internal fluid type to the line. In this case, a selection box allowing you to choose the Internal fluid type name from the available items is presented instead of the edit boxes and table for property values.

    Note

    The internal fluid type must exist before you can choose this option. If none exist, a message appears giving you the option to create one now.

Note

The internal fluid defined in this sheet sets the default internal fluid that is associated with the line. The default internal fluid may be overwritten by any other existing internal fluid type by specifying so in the Calculation parameters. This allows conveniently running multiple analyses with the same line while changing the internal fluid.