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Section 5
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f
1
f
2
f
3
f
4
…Pressure values at the joints for each 3 or 4 joint
face defined. Only f
1
needs to be specified for uniform pressure.
In any case the pressure is provided over the entire face.
i
1
is one of six face numbers to receive the pressure for the solids
selected. See figure 1.15 in section 1.6.2 for the following face
definitions. Enter a pressure on all 4 joints even if the face is
collapsed to 3 points.
SURFACE JOINTS
FACE
NUMBER
f
1
f
2
f
3
f
4
1 front Jt 1 Jt 4 Jt 3 Jt 2
2 bottom Jt 1 Jt 2 Jt 6 Jt 5
3 left Jt 1 Jt 5 Jt 8 Jt 4
4 top Jt 4 Jt 8 Jt 7 Jt 3
5 right Jt 2 Jt 3 Jt 7 Jt 6
6 back Jt 5 Jt 6 Jt 7 Jt 8
Example
LOAD 4
ELEMENT LOAD SOLIDS
11 12 FACE 3 PR 2.5 1.5 2.5 5.5