GravityLoad

class compas_fea2.problem.GravityLoad[source]

Bases: Load

Gravity load [units:N/m3] applied to element(s).

Parameters:
elementsstr, list

Element set or element keys the load is applied to.

gfloat

Value of gravitational acceleration.

xfloat, optional

Factor to apply to x direction, by default 0.

yfloat, optional

Factor to apply to y direction, by default 0.

zfloat, optional

Factor to apply to z direction, by default -1.

Notes

By default gravity is supposed to act along the negative z axis.

Attributes:
namestr

Automatically generated id. You can change the name if you want a more human readable input file.

elementsstr, list

Element set or element keys the load is applied to.

gfloat

Value of gravitational acceleration.

xfloat

Factor to apply to x direction.

yfloat

Factor to apply to y direction.

zfloat

Factor to apply to z direction.

Inherited Methods

ToString

Converts the instance to a string.

copy

Make an independent copy of the data object.

data

from_json

Construct an object of this type from a JSON file.

from_jsonstring

Construct an object of this type from a JSON string.

from_name

jobdata

sha256

Compute a hash of the data for comparison during version control using the sha256 algorithm.

to_json

Convert an object to its native data representation and save it to a JSON file.

to_jsonstring

Convert an object to its native data representation and save it to a JSON string.

validate_data

Validate the data against the object's data schema.