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    This document describes how to specify element loads for plates in Staad Pro. It details the PRESSURE and TRAP options for applying uniform and linearly varying pressures, respectively. PRESSURE allows a uniform load on the entire element or a user-defined portion. TRAP defines a trapezoidal variation over the whole element in the local X or Y direction. Both load types can be applied in global or local Z directions. The document provides examples of applying concentrated loads and specifying pressures at individual joint nodes.

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    This document describes how to specify element loads for plates in Staad Pro. It details the PRESSURE and TRAP options for applying uniform and linearly varying pressures, respectively. PRESSURE allows a uniform load on the entire element or a user-defined portion. TRAP defines a trapezoidal variation over the whole element in the local X or Y direction. Both load types can be applied in global or local Z directions. The document provides examples of applying concentrated loads and specifying pressures at individual joint nodes.

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    This document describes how to specify element loads for plates in Staad Pro. It details the PRESSURE and TRAP options for applying uniform and linearly varying pressures, respectively. PRESSURE allows a uniform load on the entire element or a user-defined portion. TRAP defines a trapezoidal variation over the whole element in the local X or Y direction. Both load types can be applied in global or local Z directions. The document provides examples of applying concentrated loads and specifying pressures at individual joint nodes.

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    Element Load

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    This document describes how to specify element loads for plates in Staad Pro. It details the PRESSURE and TRAP options for applying uniform and linearly varying pressures, respectively. PRESSURE allows a uniform load on the entire element or a user-defined portion. TRAP defines a trapezoidal variation over the whole element in the local X or Y direction. Both load types can be applied in global or local Z directions. The document provides examples of applying concentrated loads and specifying pressures at individual joint nodes.

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    Element Load Specification - Plates Page 1 of 3

    Technical Reference
    5.32.3.1 Element Load Specification - Plates
    Purpose

    This command may be used to specify various types of ELEMENT LOADS for the plates.

    Description

    The PRESSURE option should be used when a UNIFORM pressure needs to be specified. The
    uniform PRESSURE may be provided on the entire element or a user specified portion of the
    element (defined by x , y and x , y - see description below). If x , y and x , y are not provided,
    1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2
    the pressure is applied on the entire element. If only x , y is provided, the load is assumed as a
    1 1
    concentrated load applied at the specified point.

    The PRESSURE may be provided either in GLOBAL (GX, GY, GZ) directions or in local Z
    direction (normal to the element). If the GLOBAL direction is omitted, the applied loading is
    assumed to be in the local Z direction.The loads are proportional to the area, not the projected area.

    GX,GY,GZ Global direction specification for pressure denotes global X, Y, or Z direction


    respectively.

    Figure 5.23

    p Element pressure (force/square of length) or concentrated load (force). p is


    1 1
    assumed as

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    Element Load Specification - Plates Page 2 of 3

    a concentrated load if x and y are omitted.


    2 2
    x ,y & x ,y Co-ordinate values in the local co-ordinate system.
    1 1 2 2

    (center node is considered as the


    origin) defining the rectangular area on
    which the pressure is applied.

    The TRAP option should be used when


    a linearly varying pressure needs to be
    specified. The variation must be
    Figure 5.24 provided over the entire element.

    X or Y Direction of variation of element pressure. The TRAP X/Y option indicates


    that the
    variation of the Trapezoid is in the local X or in the local Y direction. The
    load acts in
    the global direction if selected, otherwise in the local Z axis.
    f Pressure intensity at start.
    1
    f Pressure intensity at end
    2
    Alternatively the TRAP and JT options may be selected together in order to specify the actual
    pressures at the joints.
    f f f f Pressure intensities at the joints.
    1 2 3 4

    Notes:

    1. "Start" and "end" defined above are based on positive directions of the local X or Y axis.
    2. While the X or Y indicates the direction of variation of the trapezoidal load, the load itself
    acts in the global or local Z direction as specified.
    3. Pressure intensities at the joints allows linear variation of pressure in both the X and Y local
    directions simultaneously.
    4. The TRAP load with global directions may be used to apply a volumetric type of pressure. For
    example, consider a grain silo with a sloping wall. In the event of modelling it using non-
    uniform elements, by which we mean elements whose 3 or 4 nodes are all at different
    elevations, the grain height at each node will depend on the elevation of the node. One can
    apply the pressure by specifying the intensity at each node of each element.

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