Use this dialog to define thermal loads acting on structure members.
- Access
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- Click
on the Member tab in the
Load Definition dialog.
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- Values
- Specifies thermal load applied to a structure member, acting in the X, Y, or X direction of the local member coordinate system.
- dTy and dTz values refer to the differences in temperature between the extreme fibers of a cross-section through an element (in the direction of the Y or Z axis of the local coordinate system, respectively). The dTx value (or dT, the 2 symbols are equivalent) denotes uniform temperature distribution (heating or cooling down) of an entire element.
Example:
Load:
1 to 3, dTx =-27
Means that members 1, 2 and 3 are cooled down in a uniform way by 27° (in the current units set in Robot).
Load:
4 dTy =30
The difference between the temperature of the upper and the lower surface of the cross-section of member 4 has a value equal to 30.