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      <hr noshade="true"><a name="gsprelim_10719"></a><p class="para_topic">The beam is subjected to a single concentrated force of 100 lb<sub class="subscript">f</sub> acting on GRID 3 in the negative Y direction.  The FORCE Bulk Data entry is used to apply this load.  Its format is described below:      
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><a name="gsprelim_10768"></a><p class="para_td">SID</p>
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><a name="gsprelim_10770"></a><p class="para_td">Load set identification number. (Integer &gt; 0)</p>
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      </table><br><a name="gsprelim_10793"></a><p class="para_topic">A load set identification number (SID) of 10 is arbitrarily chosen and entered in field 2 of the FORCE entry.  To select the load set, the following Case Control command must be added to the Case Control Section:</p><a name="gsprelim_10794"></a><pre class="indent">
    LOAD=10
  </pre><a name="gsprelim_10816"></a><p class="para_topic">The FORCE entry is written as follows:      </p>
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><a name="gsprelim_10799"></a><p class="para_td">10</p>
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><a name="gsprelim_10801"></a><p class="para_td">3</p>
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      </table><br><a name="gsprelim_10817"></a><p class="para_topic">where (0., 1., 0.) is a unit vector in the positive Y direction of the displacement coordinate system.</p><a name="gsprelim_10818"></a><p class="para_topic">In free field format, the entry is written as follows.</p><a name="gsprelim_10819"></a><pre class="indent">
    FORCE,10,3,,-100.,0.,1.,0.
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