RAM Concept Line load

RE: RAM Concept Line load

Karthik Madhur — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:24:57 GMT

Thank you Seth!

RE: RAM Concept Line load

Seth Guthrie — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:20:34 GMT

That math looks correct to me.

RE: RAM Concept Line load

Karthik Madhur — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:59:32 GMT

Thank you Seth! So basically I can divide the point moment on the wall by the length of the wall which gives me the line load with moment (kip*ft/ft) and apply to the wall.

For example if the moment is 10000 kip-ft and the length of the wall is 100 ft. The line load with moment would be 100 kips (kip*ft/ft) ? Am I correct?

RE: RAM Concept Line load

Seth Guthrie — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:46:45 GMT

A line load with moment has no length units, but it helps to think of it like "kip * feet / feet (or any other length units). All loads in Concept are internally translated to the nodes of the mesh, but the user does not really need to see the resulting nodal loads. For a long load I would use a line load. To concentrate a long force to a single point seems less accurate, even where there is a wall to help redistribute it.