Surface Force

Surface load

This command allows you to apply a surface effort on one more faces based on a given direction or frame.

Creation stages / Use:

Click the icon or select the Analysis > Surface load ... command from the drop-down menu.

Select the faces on which to apply force.
Select whether or not you would like to apply force based on a direction or a frame.
Provide the value of the force based on the given direction or the values of the force based on the axes of the frame.
Validate by clicking .

The entered value is converted in a surface load by dividing this entered value by the sum of the selected faces areas.

Available Options:

Type:
- Force: The value is expressed in Newtons (N)
- Pressure: The value is expressed in Mega Pascal (MPa).

Imposed: This option allows you to select a frame or direction as a reference item for the force.

Direction: Only one value has to be entered and is applied following the selected direction.
Frame: You can give the value of the force based on the 3 axes of the selected frame. If the effort value following one of the axes is null, you can uncheck this axis to ignore it.

Modifications / Additional information:

The defined force can be found in the entity tree in the detail of the affected analysis.