civpy.structures.ElementLoad

class civpy.structures.ElementLoad

A class representing an element load.

Parameters:

element : str

The name of the element to which the loads are applied.

fx, fy, fz : float

The global forces applied to the element.

mx, my, mz : float

The global moments applied to the element.

ix, : float

The distance from the i node at where the loads are applied.

dx : float

The distance from the ix position toward the j node over which the loads are applied.

Methods

copy([order])	Return a copy of the array.
forces(self)	Returns the force vector.
get_element(self)	Gets the referenced element.
global_reactions(self[, di, dj])	Returns the global end reactions for the element.
local_reactions(self[, di, dj])	Returns the local end reactions for the element.
moments(self)	Returns the moment vector.
set_element(self, edict)	Sets the element reference.