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load Command

This command is used to construct a NodalLoad object.

load $nodeTag (ndf $LoadValues)

The nodal load is added to the LoadPattern being defined in the enclosing scope of the pattern command.

$nodeTag

node on which loads act

$LoadValues

load values that are to be applied to the node.

Valid range is from 1 through ndf, the number of nodal degrees-of-freedom.

EXAMPLE

load 3 100 0. 0. 0. 0. 20.; # apply force Fx=100 and moment Mz=20 at node 3

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