Simple load system

A simple load system is composed of one distributed load and one or more concentrated forces with fixed distance between each other.

This load system is defined by means of the following parameters:

Name	Specifies the name of the system.
100% ordinates of concentrated load(s)	If this option is ON, the whole concentrated load above the negative part of influence line is considered in the calculation. Full load-release due to concentrated forces happens.
Distributed load	The size of the distributed load is input here.
Concentrated load	A set of concentrated loads can be entered in this table. The first column of the table contains the size of the forces.
Offset	This column defines the offset of the particular force from the reference point – see the example below.

Note: Right click on the line number (in the table) opens a short pop-up menu that enables you to (i) insert a new line into the table, (ii) delete the selected line from the table, or (iii) just clear the contents of the selected line of the table.

Note: If required the whole table can be deleted (cleared) through the button [Del All] located below the table.

Example

The following couple of pictures demonstrate the definition of a set of concentrated forces and their position.