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A
...
load
...
case
...
defines
...
how
...
...
...
are
...
applied
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(statically
...
or
...
dynamically),
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how
...
the
...
structure
...
responds
...
(linearly
...
or
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nonlinearly),
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and
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how
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analysis
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is
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performed
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(through
...
...
...
,
...
...
...
,
...
etc.).
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For
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each
...
analysis
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to
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be
...
performed,
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a
...
load
...
case
...
is
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defined.
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Each
...
load
...
case
...
may
...
apply
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a
...
single
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load
...
pattern
...
or
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a
...
combination
...
of
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load
...
patterns.
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An
...
unlimited
...
number
...
of
...
load
...
cases
...
may
...
be
...
defined,
...
then
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any
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set
...
of
...
load
...
cases
...
may
...
be
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selected
...
for
...
analysis.
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Once
...
analysis
...
has
...
run,
...
load-case
...
results
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may
...
be
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selectively
...
deleted
...
or
...
compiled
...
for
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output
...
reports.
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Specifications
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for
...
each
...
load
...
case
...
include:
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- Case
...
- name
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- – A
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- unique
...
- name
...
- is
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- applied
...
- to
...
- each
...
- individual
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- load
...
- case
...
- to
...
- index
...
- analysis
...
- results
...
- (displacements,
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- stresses,
...
- etc.),
...
- create
...
...
...
- ,
...
- and
...
- possibly
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- correlate
...
- with
...
- dependent
...
- load
...
- cases.
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- Applied
...
- loading
...
- – Load
...
- patterns
...
- are
...
- applied
...
- to
...
- the
...
- structure.
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- In
...
- some
...
- instances,
...
- however,
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- load
...
- patterns
...
- are
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- not
...
- applicable.
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- Analysis
...
- type
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- – Analysis
...
- type
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- includes
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- the
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- method
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- (static,
...
...
...
- ,
...
...
- ,
...
- etc.)
...
- and
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- the
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- formulation
...
- (linear,
...
...
- ,
...
- etc.).
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