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