BodyLoadAssignment Properties

Body load assignments

A BodyLoadAssignment object contains a description of the body loads for a structural analysis model. A StructuralModel container has a vector of BodyLoadAssignment objects in its BodyLoads.BodyLoadAssignments property.

To create body load assignments for your structural analysis model, use the structuralBodyLoad function.

Properties of BodyLoadAssignment

RegionType — Region type

'Face' | 'Cell'

Region type, specified as 'Face' for a 2-D region or 'Cell' for a 3-D region.

Data Types: char | string

RegionID — Region ID

vector of positive integers

Region ID, specified as a vector of positive integers. To determine which ID corresponds to which portion of the geometry, use the pdegplot function, setting 'FaceLabels' to 'on'.

Data Types: double

GravitationalAcceleration — Acceleration due to gravity

numeric vector

Acceleration due to gravity, specified as a numeric vector. This property must be specified in units consistent with those of the geometry and material properties.

Example: structuralBodyLoad(structuralmodel,'GravitationalAcceleration',[0,0,-9.8])

Data Types: double

AngularVelocity — Angular velocity for axisymmetric model

positive number

Angular velocity for an axisymmetric model, specified as a positive number. This property must be specified in units consistent with those of the geometry and material properties.

Example: structuralBodyLoad(structuralmodel,'AngularVelocity',2.3)

Data Types: double

Temperature — Thermal load

real number | StaticThermalResults object | TransientThermalResults object

Thermal load, specified as a real number, a StaticThermalResults object, or a TransientThermalResults object. This property must be specified in units consistent with those of the geometry and material properties.

Example: structuralBodyLoad(structuralmodel,'Temperature',300)

Data Types: double

TimeStep — Time index for thermal load

positive integer

Time index for thermal load, specified as a positive integer.

Example: structuralBodyLoad(structuralmodel,'Temperature',Tresults,'TimeStep',21)

Data Types: double

Label — Label for use with linearizeInput

character vector | string

Label for use with linearizeInput, specified as a character vector or a string.

Data Types: char | string

Version History

Introduced in R2017b