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      <h4 class="refClassification">General Load Definition </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Define the forces and moments to be applied to a FEEDGE, GMCURV, FEFACE, or GMSURF entry. </p>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Format: </div>
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                     <p class="para_th">1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">5 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">6 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">7 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">8 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">9 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">10 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GMLOAD </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">LID </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">CID </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">N1 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">N2 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">N3 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">ENTITY </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">ID </p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">METHOD </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">FIELD1 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">FIELD2 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">FIELD3 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">FIELD4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">-etc.- </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GMLOAD </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">105 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">11 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1.2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">7.5 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1.9 </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Fields:</div>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Contents </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Type </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">LID </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Load set identification number. </p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Integer &gt; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Coordinate system in which the load is supplied. See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_27.html#ref49515');return(false);">39-2. </a></p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; -1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Ni </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Direction of the force vector or axis of rotation of the moment. See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_27.html#ref11868');return(false);">39-3. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Real </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0., 0., 1. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ENTITY </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Entity that is being loaded (FEEDGE, GMCURV, FEFACE, GMSURF). </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Character </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">ID of the entity selected by ENTITY. </p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">METHOD </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Method used to specify forces (EQUATION, TABLE, CONSTANT, LINEAR, QUAD, CUBIC) or moments (MEQUA, MTABLE, MCONST, MLINEAR, MQUAD, MCUBIC).  See Remarks <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_27.html#ref84241');return(false);">39-4</a> through <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_27.html#ref48043');return(false);">39-6. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Character </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">FIELDi </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Load magnitude data. See Remarks <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_27.html#ref84241');return(false);">39-4</a> through <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_27.html#ref41009');return(false);">39-8. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Real orInteger </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">GMLOAD is the only method of applying forces and moments to any FEEDGE, FEFACE, GMCURV, or GMSURF in the model. </p>
            </li>
            <li><a name="ref49515"></a><p class="para_item">If CID=-1, the coordinate system on the edge or face is a local system based on the FEEDGE or FEFACE definition. (Note that an edge only has the tangent direction uniquely defined.) </p>
            </li>
            <li><a name="ref11868"></a><p class="para_item">If N1=N2=N3=0., the normal direction to the face is assumed, with the positive sense dependent on the FEFACE definition. No load will be applied for edges. </p>
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            <li><a name="ref84241"></a><p class="para_item">For both an FEEDGE and FEFACE, the METHOD field can be used to specify equation, table or constant load density. The value of FIELD1 is method-specific: </p>
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                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Applying Equation, Table or Constant Load Density </b></p>
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                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">METHOD </b></p>
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                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD1 </b></p>
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                           <p class="para_td">EQUATION, MEQUA </p>
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                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">ID of a DEQATN entry defining the load density as a function of location. </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">TABLE,  MTABLE </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">ID of a TABLE3D entry defining the load density as a function of location. </p>
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                     <tr>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">CONSTANT, MCONST </p>
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                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value of load density. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">For an FEEDGE, the METHOD field can be used to specify linear, quadratic or cubic load density.  The values of FIELDi are method-specific: </p>
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                     <col span="1" width="19.87*">
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                        <th align="center" colspan="6" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Applying Linear, Quadratic or Cubic Load Density to an FEEDGE </b></p>
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                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">METHOD </b></p>
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                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD1 </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD2 </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD3 </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD4 </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Load Density </b></p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">LINEAR, MLINEAR </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 1 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">blank </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">blank </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Linear </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">QUAD, MQUAD </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 1 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at 1/2 edge length </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">blank </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Quadratic </p>
                        </td>
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                     <tr>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">CUBIC, MCUBIC </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 1 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at 1/3 edge length </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at 2/3 edge length </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Cubic </p>
                        </td>
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            <li><a name="ref48043"></a><p class="para_item">For an FEFACE, the METHOD field can be used to specify linear or quadratic load density.  The edges of the face are defined in the order of the grids entered (e.g., edge 1 is between the first and second grid etc.).  The values of FIELDi are method-specific: </p>
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                     <col span="1" width="22.19*">
                     <col span="1" width="15.27*">
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                        <th align="center" colspan="5" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Applying Linear and Quadratic Load Density to a Quadrilateral FEFACE </b></p>
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                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">METHOD </b></p>
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                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD1 through FIELD4 </b></p>
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                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD5 through FIELD8 </b></p>
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                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD9 </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Load Density </b></p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">LINEAR, MLINEAR </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 1, 2, 3, 4 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">blank </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">blank </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Linear </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">QUAD, MQUAD </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 1, 2, 3, 4 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at midside of EDGE 1,2,3,4 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at middle of FEFACE </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Quadratic </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                  </tbody>
               </table><br><table border="1" cellpadding="7" width="100%" align="center">
                  <colgroup span="1">
                     <col span="1" width="18.78*">
                     <col span="1" width="31.22*">
                     <col span="1" width="31.22*">
                     <col span="1" width="18.78*">
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                  <thead>
                     <tr bgcolor="#E0E0E0">
                        <th align="center" colspan="4" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Applying Linear and Quadratic Load Density to a Triangular FEFACE </b></p>
                        </th>
                     </tr>
                     <tr bgcolor="#E0E0E0">
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">METHOD </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD1 through FIELD3 </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">FIELD4 through FIELD6 </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Load Density </b></p>
                        </th>
                     </tr>
                  </thead>
                  <tbody>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">LINEAR, MLINEAR </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 1, 2, 3 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">blank </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Linear </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">QUAD, MQUAD </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at GRID 1, 2, 3 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Value at midside of EDGE 1, 2, 3 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Quadratic </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                  </tbody>
               </table><br></li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">The proper units must be specified for the value of FIELDi. </p>
               <table border="1" cellpadding="7" width="100%" align="center">
                  <colgroup span="1">
                     <col span="1" width="41.42*">
                     <col span="1" width="58.58*">
                  </colgroup>
                  <thead>
                     <tr>
                        <th align="center" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" colspan="2" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Units of FIELDi for Different ENTITY Fields </b></p>
                        </th>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">ENTITY </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Units </b></p>
                        </th>
                     </tr>
                  </thead>
                  <tbody>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">FEEDGE </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Load/Length </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">GMCURV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Load/Length </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">FEFACE </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Load/Area </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">GMSURF </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">Load/Area </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                  </tbody>
               </table><br></li>
            <li><a name="ref41009"></a><p class="para_item">The load density applied to the edge or face is given by the product of the specified density with the direction vector. </p>
            </li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">The shell p-elements do not have stiffness in the direction of the normal rotation. Any component of moment applied in that direction will be ignored. </p>
            </li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">In general, a hierarchy is set to resolve the conflicts arising in the input data: </p>
               <ul>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">Information provided on multiple GMSURF and FEFACE entries are added for all GRID, FEEDGE, and FEFACE degrees-of-freedom. </p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">Information provided on multiple GMCURV and FEEDGE entries are added for all GRID and FEEDGE degrees-of-freedom. </p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">Loads are summed over all entities. </p>
                  </li>
               </ul>
            </li>
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