bfl

SolidBodyLoads.bfl(line='', lab='', val1='', val2='', val3='', val4='', **kwargs)

Defines a body-force load on a line.

Mechanical APDL Command: BFL

Parameters:

linestr

Line to which body load applies. If ALL, apply to all selected lines ( lsel ). A component name may also be substituted for Line.

labstr

Valid body load label. Load labels are listed under “Body loads” in the input table for each element type in the Element Reference.

This command contains some tables and extra information which can be inspected in the original documentation pointed above.

val1str

Value associated with the Lab item or a table name for specifying tabular boundary conditions. Use only VAL1 for TEMP, FLUE, HGEN, and CHRGD. For acoustics, if Lab = JS, use VAL1 for mass source in a harmonic analysis or mass source rate in a transient analysis, and ignore VAL2 and VAL3. When specifying a table name, you must enclose the table name in percent signs (%), for example, bfl, Line, Lab,``tabname``. Use the dim command to define a table.

val2str

Value associated with the Lab item or a table name for specifying tabular boundary conditions. Use only VAL1 for TEMP, FLUE, HGEN, and CHRGD. For acoustics, if Lab = JS, use VAL1 for mass source in a harmonic analysis or mass source rate in a transient analysis, and ignore VAL2 and VAL3. When specifying a table name, you must enclose the table name in percent signs (%), for example, bfl, Line, Lab,``tabname``. Use the dim command to define a table.

val3str

Value associated with the Lab item or a table name for specifying tabular boundary conditions. Use only VAL1 for TEMP, FLUE, HGEN, and CHRGD. For acoustics, if Lab = JS, use VAL1 for mass source in a harmonic analysis or mass source rate in a transient analysis, and ignore VAL2 and VAL3. When specifying a table name, you must enclose the table name in percent signs (%), for example, bfl, Line, Lab,``tabname``. Use the dim command to define a table.

val4str

If Lab = JS, VAL4 is the phase angle in degrees.

Notes

Defines a body-force load (such as temperature in a structural analysis, heat generation rate in a thermal analysis, etc.) on a line. Body loads may be transferred from lines to line elements (or to nodes if line elements do not exist) with the bftran or sbctran commands.

You can specify a table name only when using temperature (TEMP) and heat generation rate (HGEN) body load labels.

Body loads specified by the bfl command can conflict with other specified body loads. See Resolution of Conflicting Body Load Specifications in the Basic Analysis Guide for details.

In a mode-superposition harmonic or transient analysis, you must apply the load in the modal portion of the analysis. Mechanical APDL calculates a load vector and writes it to the MODE file, which you can apply via the lvscale command.

This command is also valid in PREP7.