Calculation of area

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

I wanted to apply a load on a surface for which I want to calculate the surface area so that I can apply a pressure load on the surface instead of concentrated load ? Is pressure load applied is evenly distributed on the on surface or it is mesh or node dependent?

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  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited August 2017

    Please refer attached screenshot from online help.Tool page: Mass calculation option would help you to get area.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>Pressure.JPG

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited September 2017

    suppose i want to apply a pressure load on the non-uniform surface then how can calculate the area on which load is appiled?

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited September 2017

    Hi,

    enter panel Tools>mass calc>surfaces , select surfaces and calculate their area

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2018

    pressure in particular direction ?

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited January 2018

    Any screen shot?

  • Q.Nguyen-Dai
    Q.Nguyen-Dai Altair Community Member
    edited January 2018
    Altair Forum User said:

    pressure in particular direction ?

     

    By definition, pressure is applied in perpendicular direction of element/surface.

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited January 2018

    I think he wants to apply pressure like wind load. So the direction may not be perpendicular

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