How to include the own weight of the element

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

Hi Guys

I am working on my school project

I tried to include the own weight of the elements in my calculations but they didn't look alright.

That is what I did.

1- I defined RHO in the materila MAT1 card.

2- I created a Gravity load collector with Given values for G and (-1) for z

3- I created a loadstep that includes the Constrain = load collector, Gravity = Gravity load collector and extrenal load = load collector collector

Is this the right procedure

Please let me know with details

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2009

    Bashar,

    You need to combine the gravity load with the external loads using a LOAD Bulk Data entry, and then reference this in the subcase using the LOAD data selector.

    Regards,

    Greg.

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