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Load Control

This command is used to construct a StaticIntegrator object of type LoadControl

integrator LoadControl $dLambda1 <$Jd $minLambda $maxLambda>

$dLambda1

first load increment (pseudo-time step) in the next invocation of the analysis command.

$Jd

factor relating load increment at subsequent time steps. (optional, default: 1.0)

$minLambda $maxLambda

arguments used to bound the load increment (optional, default: $dLambda1 for both)

The load increment at iterations i, dLambda(i), is related to the load increment at (i-1), dLambda(i-1), and the number of iterations at (i-1), J(i-1), by the following:

dLambda(i) = dLambda(i-1)*Jd/J(i-1)

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