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How do I define a load direction for the SURF154 element applied on face 5?

Tagged: 17, General, mechanical-apdl, modeling-and-meshing, structural-mechanics
    • March 17, 2023 at 9:00 am
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      Below is the method to define the direction cosine for face 5 in SURF154. If you want to specify a pressure of 100 on face 5 for element 1 at the direction of (3i+4j+12k)/(3*3+4*4+12*12)^0.5 where i,j,k are the unit vectors in x,y and z direction of the global Cartesian coordinate, issue the following command: SFE,1,5,pres,,100,3,4,12 The same formulae can be found in SURF154 in the Element Manual.

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