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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Loads </div>
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      <div class="title_division">Static Loads </div>
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                  <p class="para_td">CLOAD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a static load as a linear combination of previously calculated superelement loads defined by the LSEQ entry in nonlinear static analysis (SOL 106 or 153). </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">DEFORM </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the enforced axial deformation for one-dimensional elements for use in statics problems. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">FORCE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a static concentrated force at a grid point by specifying a vector. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">FORCEi </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a concentrated load at grid point. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">GRAV </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines acceleration vectors for gravity or other acceleration loading. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">MOMENT </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a static concentrated moment at a grid point by specifying a scale factor and a vector that determines the direction. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">MOMENTi </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines moment at grid point. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PLOAD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a uniform static pressure load on a triangular or quadrilateral surface comprised of surface elements and/or the faces of solid elements. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PLOAD1 </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines concentrated, uniformly distributed, or linearly distributed applied loads to the CBAR or CBEAM elements at user-chosen points along the axis.  For the CBEND element, only distributed loads over an entire length may be defined. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PLOAD2 </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a uniform static pressure load applied to CQUAD4, CSHEAR, or CTRIA3 two-dimensional elements. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PLOAD4 </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a pressure load on a face of a CHEXA, CPENTA, CTETRA, CTRIA3, CTRIA6, CTRIAR, CQUAD4, CQUAD8, or CQUADR element. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PLOADX1 </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines surface traction to be used with the CQUADX, CTRIAX, and CTRIAX6 axisymmetric element. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">RFORCE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a static loading condition due to an angular velocity and/or acceleration. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">SPCD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines an enforced displacement value for static analysis and an enforced motion value (displacement, velocity or acceleration) in dynamic analysis. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">SLOAD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines concentrated static loads on scalar or grid points. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">LOAD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a static load as a linear combination of load sets defined via FORCE, MOMENT, FORCE1, MOMENT1, FORCE2, MOMENT2, PLOAD, PLOAD1, PLOAD2, PLOAD4, PLOADX1, SLOAD, RFORCE, and GRAV entries. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TEMP </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines temperature at grid points for determination of thermal loading, temperature-dependent material properties, or stress recovery. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TEMPD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a temperature value for all grid points of the structural model that have not been given a temperature on a TEMP entry. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TEMPPi </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a temperature field for surface elements. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TEMPRB </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a temperature field for the CBAR, CBEAM, CBEND, CROD, CTUBE, and CONROD elements for determination of thermal loading, temperature-dependent material properties, or stress recovery. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">FORCEAX </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a concentrated force on a conical shell ring. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">MOMAX </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a static concentrated moment load on a ring of a conical shell. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PRESAX </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the static pressure loading on a conical shell element. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TEMPAX </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines temperature sets for conical shell problems. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">LOADCYH </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the harmonic coefficients of a static or dynamic load for use in cyclic symmetry analysis. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">LOADCYN </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a physical static or dynamic load for use in cyclic symmetry analysis. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">LOADCYT </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies loads as a function of azimuth angle by references to tables that define scale factors of loads versus azimuth angles.  This entry is used only when STYPE = &ldquo;AXI&rdquo; on the CYSYM entry. </p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Dynamic Loads </div>
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                  <p class="para_td">ACSRCE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the power versus frequency curve for a simple acoustic source. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">DAREA </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines scale (area) factors for static and dynamic loads.  In dynamic analysis, DAREA is used in conjunction with RLOADi and TLOADi entries. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">DELAY </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the time delay term &tau; in the equations of the dynamic loading function. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">DPHASE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the phase lead term &theta; in the equation of the dynamic loading function. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">RLOADi </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Frequency dependent excitation definition. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TLOADi </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Time dependent excitation definition. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">NOLINi </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Nonlinear transient load definition. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">NLRGAP </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a nonlinear transient radial (circular) gap. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TABLEDi </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Tabular functions for generating dynamic loads. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">DLOAD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a dynamic loading condition for frequency response or transient response problems as a linear combination of load sets defined via RLOAD1 or RLOAD2 entries for frequency response or TLOAD1 or TLOAD2 entries for transient response. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">LOADCYH </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the harmonic coefficients of a static or dynamic load for use in cyclic symmetry analysis. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">LOADCYN </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a physical static or dynamic load for use in cyclic symmetry analysis. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">LSEQ </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a sequence of static load sets. </p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Heat Transfer Loads </div>
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                  <p class="para_td">CONV </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies a free convection boundary condition for heat transfer analysis through connection to a surface element (CHBDYi entry). </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">CONVM </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies a forced convection boundary condition for heat transfer analysis through connection to a surface element (CHBDYi entry). </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PCONV </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the free convection boundary condition properties of a boundary condition surface element used for heat transfer analysis. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PCONVM </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the forced convection boundary condition properties of a boundary condition surface element used for heat transfer analysis. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">QVECT </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines thermal vector flux from a distant source into a face of one or more CHBDYi boundary condition surface elements. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">QVOL </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a rate of volumetric heat addition in a conduction element. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">QHBDY </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a uniform heat flux into a set of grid points. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">QBDY1 </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a uniform heat flux into CHBDYj elements. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">QBDY2 </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines grid point heat flux into CHBDYj elements. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">QBDY3 </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a uniform heat flux load for a boundary surface. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">RADBC </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies a CHBDYi element face for the application of radiation boundary conditions. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">RADBND </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies Planck&rsquo;s second radiation constant and the wavelength breakpoints used for radiation exchange problems. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">RADCAV </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Identifies the characteristics of each radiant enclosure. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">RADLST </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Identifies the individual CHBDYi surface elements that comprise the entire radiation enclosure. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">RADMTX </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Provides the <em>F<sub class="subscript">ji</sub></em> = <em>A<sub class="subscript">j</sub></em><em>F<sub class="subscript">ji</sub></em> exchange factors for all the faces of a radiation enclosure specified in the corresponding RADLST entry. 
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                  <p class="para_td">RADSET </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies which radiation cavities are to be included for radiation enclosure analysis. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">SLOAD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines concentrated static loads on scalar or grid points. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TEMP </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines temperature at grid points for determination of thermal loading, temperature-dependent material properties, or stress recovery. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TEMPBC </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the temperature boundary conditions for heat transfer analysis.  This applies to steady-state and transient conditions. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TEMPD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies default initial temperature at grid points. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">VIEW </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines radiation cavity and shadowing for radiation view factor calculations. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">VIEW3D </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines parameters to control and/or request the Gaussian Integration method of view factor calculation for a specified cavity. </p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">p-element Loads </div>
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                  <p class="para_td">GMLOAD </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the forces and moments to be applied to a FEEDGE, GMCURV, FEFACE, or GMSURF entry. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">GMBC </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines enforced displacements for GRID, FEEDGE, GMCURV, FEFACE, and GMSURF entries. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">TEMPF </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the thermal loading to be applied to a group of elements. </p>
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