The types of solicitation for each component of the mechanical loading. This type is
specified separately for each component of the mechanical loading. This means that three
components are specified for the membrane part, three components for the flexural part
and two components for the out-of-plane shear part. For each component, the type of
solicitation can be:
- “FM” means that a normal force are specified for a membrane component
(expressed for example in N/m), a bending moments for a flexural component
(in Nm/m) and again a force per unit of length for out-of-plane shear (in N/m).
“femFM” has the same meaning as “FM” but specifies that the load components
shall be extracted from the finite element results stored in the ClaLoad object when
calculating laminate load response (“Shell Forces” or “Shell Moments”).
- “SC” Means that strains are specified for membrane components (in m/m), curvature
for flexural components (in 1/m), and again average shear strain for the out-of-plane
shear components. Note that the shear components are given as angular components
.
Also the
component of curvature tensor is a kind of angular component as defined by equation.
“femSC” has the same meaning as “SC” but specifies that the load components
shall be extracted from the finite element results stored in the ClaLoad object when
calculating laminate load response (“Shell Strains” or “Shell Curvatures”, see equation
II.1.32).
- “NS” means that normalized stress is specified for the component whatever the part
of the loading is concerned.
The default values of loading are of the type “FM” with zero components. This means zero
normal forces, zero bending moments, and zero out-of-plane shear forces. When the laminate
load response is calculated, moisture and temperature load contributions are taken into account
only if they have been initialized in the ClaLoad object.
For thermo-elastic and hygrometric parts of loading, it is also possible to specify a loading with
finite element results. The type of loading is determined by the value of String first argument of
“setT” and “setH” methods which can be “fem” or “noFem”.