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How to add distributed load in UEL #1

Closed daniallin closed 4 years ago

daniallin commented 4 years ago

Sorry to bother you, your project is great! I would like to ask, do you know how to implement distributed load in UEL? Many thanks.

irfancn commented 4 years ago

Easy way to do that is by creating a set of elements in the input file and defining the load. The next way is to define the load inside the UEL, in the force and stiffness matrix. This would be efficient to implement any load distribution (such as force or pressure as a function). But this will require examining the elements and particular nodes beforehand. It would be easier to examine the nodes in matlab or something similar then load those in to the UEL.