moving load (truck/car) model in 3D model structure 1

[ag8882]

i'm about to make a wharf model structure on SAP2000 v.10
there is a T24 truck as moving load, moving freely on the slab.
how to model this T24 truck in a 3D structure model

thx

truck

http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=77ee15c0-eee1-4719-bbf0-2f1b4fbfd9ce&file=truk.JPG

wharf

http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=21c2aa47-a951-450e-98a8-994a92177172&file=wharf.JPG

 

[masomenos]

If you have Plus or Advanced level, you can define your own vehicle and define your lanes on or offset from existing frame elements which will transfer to meshed finite elements. If that doesn't work for you, you will then have to define multiple live load cases then assign your moving truck one step at a time using joint, distributed and/or area loads for each truck location on the wharf.

 

[ag8882]

i already figured out with using point/dirtibuted/area load, but it costs more time to make the load model and the combos..
i interested more in making lanes for this moving load.
I expect more tips for this, how will the structure reacts to the moving load aplied on the lanes?
Is it only distributed to frame which the lanes offsetted or is it distributed to the whole structure?
Thanks for the previous tip