Pressure
This tool can be used to apply uniform or varying pressure loads on faces. Also pressure can be calculated from load magnitude using the pressure from force option.
Pressure can be applied only on faces. If pressure is to be applied on elements locally use option to create face and apply pressure.
The pressure will be applied opposite to the element normal direction. The bright side of the face is the side with the positive element normal and the other side is the negative element normal side.
Pressure marker height reflects the magnitude of load or the distributed table of load on the model.
- Distributed pressure table
Varying pressure can be applied using Distributed pressure table option.
- Pressure from Force
Select faces from the same plane and click calculate to compute uniform pressure from total load magnitude.
Cards supported for various solvers
| Solver | Supported Cards |
|---|---|
| OptiStruct / Nastran |
PLOAD PLOAD4, TABLED1, DLOAD, TLOAD1 {if Amplitude table is defined} |
| Abaqus | *DLOAD, *DSLOAD |
| Permas | $DISLOAD PRESS |
| Ansys | SFE, *Dim {if Amplitude table is defined} |
| ADVENTURECluster | $Pressure |
| RADIOSS | /PLOAD |
| LS-Dyna | *LOAD_SEGMENT, *DEFINE_CURVE |