Body Load
Add a
Body Load
to boundaries for modeling general volumetric loads.
For loads caused by gravity or rotation, it is more convenient to use the
Gravity
and
Rotating Frame
nodes.
Shell Properties
Select the layer or layers to which this load is to be applied.
Table 6-40:
Layer Selections; Body Load
Selection
Use All Layers
Selection of Individual Layers
Boundary
Same as interface selection when the node is added.
When
Use all layers
is not selected.
Only a subset of the layers selected in the interface can be selected.
Contributions from several
Body Load
nodes having a common selection will be added to each other.
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All other settings for the
Body Load
node are described in the documentation for
Body Load
in the Solid Mechanics interface.
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For a general description of layer and interface selections, see
The Shell Properties and Interface Selection Sections
.
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You can prescribe loads with through-thickness variation by explicitly or implicitly using expressions containing the extra dimension coordinate as described in
Using the Extra Dimension Coordinates
.
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You can add the
Phase
subnode to specify the phase of this load in a frequency domain analysis.
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You can specify this load to be a
Harmonic Perturbation
in a frequency domain analysis.
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You can assign this load to a load group. See
Load Cases
in the
Structural Mechanics Modeling
chapter.
Location in User Interface
Context Menus
Layered Shell>Face and Volume Loads>Body Load
Ribbon
Physics tab with
Layered Shell
selected:
Boundaries>Face and Volume Loads>Body Load