eftyss
Civil/Environmental
- Nov 21, 2014
- 3
Hi,
I have modeled a shear wall in SAP2000 (9 m height and 12 m length - x & y directions). I have treated the wall as a plate element. The wall is 0.4 thick in z direction and a non-uniformly distributed horizontal load (wind) is applied to one side of the wall (y & z direction). Usually the loads in a plate element are applied into each particular element of the mesh. In this case the load is not applied to the mesh. Does anyone know how can a distributed load be assigned in a plate element. I will appreciate any of your help.
Thank you
I have modeled a shear wall in SAP2000 (9 m height and 12 m length - x & y directions). I have treated the wall as a plate element. The wall is 0.4 thick in z direction and a non-uniformly distributed horizontal load (wind) is applied to one side of the wall (y & z direction). Usually the loads in a plate element are applied into each particular element of the mesh. In this case the load is not applied to the mesh. Does anyone know how can a distributed load be assigned in a plate element. I will appreciate any of your help.
Thank you