7. LOADS

CHAPTER 7 "CARGOES" 12 2.1.2 Selectively Selectively and left click inside a plate. In the dialog box: in the "Load" and "Group" fields you define to which load and group the load you are going to set will be assigned. Then you select the type of load. There are 3 options in the field: • Uniform A uniform load is imposed on the entire surface of the plate. After all the elements for the uniform load have been defined, the plates on which the uniform loads will be applied are selected by pressing with the mouse on a point inside them. • Serial A sectional load is imposed on a specific area of the plate. After entering the load data, select the plate to which the load is to be applied, then enter the direction of application of the sectional load and finally define the area of application of the load with a rectangle OBSERVATION : When you introduce a sectional load on a plate for the one load distribution is normally assigned to the members and for the plate is obtained uniformly. • Linear Linear load applied to a plate. The process of imposition is similar to that sectional. The position of the load on the plate is defined by giving the two edges of the load (start point and end point). OBSERVATION : Linear and sectional loads, as far as reactions in the members are concerned, will be replaced by an equivalent uniform load that loads the whole plate. Finally, as far as the "Default Loadoption is concerned, everything mentioned in the "Default" option of the Total Import applies. Clicking on the "Selectbutton closes the dialog box and you select the plate where the loads will be applied.