5.16. Acceleration and Gravity

*LOAD_BODY_X

Specifies gravitational or other acceleration loads in the x direction. The load is applied to all nodes in the model.

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  • LCID = ID of the load curve that represents the magnitude of the load (see *DEFINE_CURVE ).

  • SF = 1.0 (default), load curve scale factor.

  • LCIDDR = 0 (default), ID of load curve defined for dynamic relaxation.

  • XC = 0.0 (default), X-center of rotation needed for angular velocities.

  • YC = 0.0 (default), Y-center of rotation needed for angular velocities.

  • ZC = 0.0 (default), Z-center of rotation needed for angular velocities.

  • CID = ID of local coordinate system used. Set to 0 for the global coordinate system.

*LOAD_BODY_Y

Specifies gravitational or other acceleration loads in the y direction. The load is applied to all nodes in the model.

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(see *LOAD_BODY_X).

*LOAD_BODY_Z

Specifies gravitational or other acceleration loads in the z direction. The load is applied to all nodes in the model.

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(see *LOAD_BODY_X).