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    Femap Tip and Tricks: Equation Based Loading

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    The document describes how to create equation-based loading in Femap to model hydrostatic pressure from water in a tank. A local coordinate system is defined at the expected water level. An equation is entered relating pressure to water density, gravity, and depth. The equation 9.79e-6*!z is applied as a variable pressure load on wetted surfaces, where !z represents water depth. The surface loads are then converted to elemental loads for analysis.

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    The document describes how to create equation-based loading in Femap to model hydrostatic pressure from water in a tank. A local coordinate system is defined at the expected water level. An equation is entered relating pressure to water density, gravity, and depth. The equation 9.79e-6*!z is applied as a variable pressure load on wetted surfaces, where !z represents water depth. The surface loads are then converted to elemental loads for analysis.

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    The document describes how to create equation-based loading in Femap to model hydrostatic pressure from water in a tank. A local coordinate system is defined at the expected water level. An equation is entered relating pressure to water density, gravity, and depth. The equation 9.79e-6*!z is applied as a variable pressure load on wetted surfaces, where !z represents water depth. The surface loads are then converted to elemental loads for analysis.

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    Femap Tip and Tricks: Equation Based Loading

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    The document describes how to create equation-based loading in Femap to model hydrostatic pressure from water in a tank. A local coordinate system is defined at the expected water level. An equation is entered relating pressure to water density, gravity, and depth. The equation 9.79e-6*!z is applied as a variable pressure load on wetted surfaces, where !z represents water depth. The surface loads are then converted to elemental loads for analysis.

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    Femap Tip and Tricks: Equation Based Loading

    To demonstrate the creation of equation based loading we’ll use a water tank quarter model. Prior to
    load application a local coordinate system positioned at the expected water level has already been
    defined and the wall surfaces have been split at the corresponding level to allow a group of wetted
    surfaces to be created.

    Water level

    The hydrostatic pressure (P) is a function of the fluid density ( ), acceleration due to gravity (g), and fluid
    depth (h).

    For water, and using the mm/tonnes/s consistent set of units in this model, this simplifies to:

    Note that “!z” is the Femap variable that represents the depth of water in the equation.

    Create a new load definition by opening the Model section in the Model Info tree and right clicking
    Loads. Select New and enter a Title in the New Load Set dialog, then click OK.

    Expand the Loads section of the Model Info tree and right click Load Definitions and select On Surface.
    You should now select the surfaces that represent the wetted area of the model in the Entity Selection
    dialog.
    In the Create Loads on Surfaces dialog, select Pressure as the load type. In the Load section of the form,
    enter 1. as the Pressure. In the Coord Sys box, select the local coordinate system that is positioned at the
    water level (this needs to have been defined previously). In the Method section of the form, select
    Variable, then click the Advanced button.

    In the Advanced Load Methods dialog select Equation and enter the equation 9.79e-6*!z in the Equation
    box. Click OK and OK again.
    The surface load markers are now visible, but to see the actual element loads that have been created
    select Model | Load | Expand in the menu.

    In the Expand Geometry Loads dialog, click the Convert to Node/Elem checkbox and click OK, then Yes
    in the confirmation dialog. The elemental loads are then displayed.

    Watch the video of this Femap tip on YouTube.

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