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
,
Linearly Accelerated Frame
, and
Rotating Frame
nodes.
Shell Properties
Select the layer or layers to which this load is to be applied.
Table 6-44:
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