Temperature load, beam element

[bothul]

Hi
I want to add a temperature on one face of a BEAM24 element. Does anyone know how to do that?
What do the following mean:

STLOC starting location N ____
VAL1 Temperature at location N ____
VAL2 Temperature at location N+1 _____
Val3 Temperature at location N+2 _____
VAL4 Temperature at location N+3 ______ ????????????????

Thank you!
Bothul

 

[flash3780]

I'm not sure where the above comes from, but if you're trying to apply known temperatures to a structural model, you may look into the "BF" command, which applies temperatures to nodes.

 

[bothul]

THanks for the reply. The above "unknowns" are input data for temperature load (nonuniform) on elements. (in APDL)