II.5.3 Thermo-elastic and hygro-elastic contributions

Ten methods allow the manipulation of scalar characteristics of the loadings. (The scalar characteristics are the thermo-elastic and hygro-elastic contributions to loading.) The methods are:

• “setT” is used to set thermo-elastic part of loading. The method has two or three arguments:

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  The first argument is a String specifying whether the laminate load response shall use the finite element Result temperatures to calculate load response, or the two constant values provided as arguments 2 and/or 3. (This argument is “fem” or “noFem”.)

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  The second and/or third argument(s) are the laminate bottom and top temperatures. These arguments are Real values. If only one temperature is provided, the bottom and top laminate temperatures are initialized to the same value.

• “getTinf” returns a Real value corresponding to the bottom temperature.

• “getTsup” returns a Real value corresponding to the top temperature.

• “isTdefined” returns true if a temperature contribution has been defined in the ClaLoad, and returns false otherwise.

• “unsetT” erases the temperature contribution defined in the ClaLoad object.

• “setH” is used to set hygro-elastic part of loading. The method has two or three arguments:

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  The first argument is a String specifying whether the laminate load response shall use the finite element Result moistures to calculate load response, or the two constant values provided as arguments 2 and/or 3. (This argument is “fem” or “noFem”.)

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  The second and/or third argument(s) are the laminate bottom and top moistures. These arguments are Real values. If only one moisture is provided, the bottom and top laminate moistures are initialized to the same value.

• “getHinf” returns a Real value corresponding to the bottom moisture.

• “getHsup” returns a Real value corresponding to the top moisture.

• “isHdefined” returns true if a moisture contribution has been defined in the ClaLoad, and returns false otherwise.

• “unsetH” erases the moisture contribution defined in the ClaLoad object.

Obviously, the different data inserted in, or retrieved from the ClaLoad object should be consistent with the set of units attributed to the same object. This set of units can be attributed to the object after initialization of the data.