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From the
Loads section of the
action bar,
click
Shell Edge Load
 .
- Optional:
Enter a descriptive
Name.
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Select the geometry supports.
You can select geometric edges directly in the model. To select
mesh element edges as the support, you must first create a group containing the
mesh edges and then select the group as the support for this load.
A shell edge load can be applied only to regions defined with
shell sections. You cannot apply a shell edge load to the edges of a continuum
shell section.
A shell edge load can be applied only to the free edges of a
shell; a free edge is an edge that is not shared by two or more adjacent faces.
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Choose the
Traction type:
| Option | Description |
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| Normal |
Acts in the normal direction of the shell in a
geometrically linear step. A positive normal traction acts in the plane of the
shell in the inward direction. |
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| Transverse |
Acts in the transverse direction of the shell in a
geometrically linear step. A positive transverse traction acts in a sense
opposite to the facet normal. |
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| Shear |
Acts in the shear direction of the shell in a geometrically
linear step. A positive shear traction acts in the positive direction of the
shell edge (as determined by the element connectivity). |
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See
About Shell Edge Loads
for more details about the direction in which each traction type acts.
In a geometrically nonlinear step, the normal, transverse, and
shear tractions rotate with the shell edge so they always act in the normal,
transverse, and tangential directions of the shell.
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Enter the
Magnitude of the force.
The units of a shell edge load are force per unit length.
- Optional:
Enter a Scale factor that is applied to the magnitude in each step.
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Select an
Amplitude that
defines the magnitude during the
step.
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Click
OK.
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