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Load paths can be created over any element type in Strand7.
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This is particularly useful in some Standards such as the British code. Sets can be specified to ensure that vehicles are restricted in number if required, or that mutually exclusive vehicles do not accur at the same time. The velocity of the vehicle can be specified for dynamic analyses (such that the vehicle moves along the path), and is also used to calculate the centrifugal forces.
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Both concentrated and distributed loads may act simultaneously on any lane. Vehicles can also be single or multiple instance and may also straddle adjacent lanes. Centrifugal loads are considered if Centrifugal is set in the load definitions. This means that if the radius is changed, the loads don't have to be manually changed but instead will automatically update. These factors are considered if Adjacency is set in the load definitions.Ĭentrifugal loads can be applied to the load path automatically by entering an equation. Lane factors may be applied to comply with various codes, e.g. Up to 16 lanes can be modeled and different factors can be applied to each lane if required. Loads can also be defined in any direction in either the local or global coordinate systems, making it easy to define braking or centrifugal loads where required. The loads can be user defined, or imported from a standard load path template. The different loads can be assigned to define all vehicle templates specified by the codes this includes HA and HB vehicular loads and railway loads as used in BS5400. Coupled with this there can be leading and trailing load voids. While point loads can be grouped or floating, distributed loads can be leading, trailing, floating or grouped as per the different moving load codes.