This class stores and manages the parameters related to loads or boundary conditions applied to geometric entities (volume, surfaces, lines and keypoints) and finite element entities (element, faces, edges, nodes). The class variables are public to make simpler the access to the stored data. In the documentation of the class, both loads and boundary conditions are referred as loads. More...

#include <LoadIntensity.h>

Public Member Functions
	LoadIntensity ()
	Default constructor.
	LoadIntensity (LoadIntensity &Instance)
	Copy-initailizer constructor.
	~LoadIntensity ()
	Class destructor.
LoadIntensity &	operator= (LoadIntensity &Instance)
	Copies the contents of instance to the object.
unsigned long	GetEntityOrElementNumber ()
	Return the number of the entity or element where the load is applied.
unsigned long	GetLocalEdgeOrFaceNumber ()
	Returns the local entity (edge or face) number where the load is applied.
unsigned long	GetNumberDirectionsOrDOFs ()
	Returns the number of directions or dofs where the load is applied.
char **	GetDirectionOrDOFNames (unsigned long &NumberDirectionOrDOFs)
	Returns the names of the directions or dof names where the loads are applied.
char *	GetSymbolicNumericFlag (unsigned long &NumberDirectionOrDOFs)
	Returns for each dof or direction where the loads are applied, the character "n" if the load intensity is numeric and "s" if the load intensity is symbolic.
double	GetNumericalValue (unsigned long &DirectionOrDOFCardinality)
	Returns the load intensity value for the given direction/dof cardinality number.
char *	GetSymbolicExpression (unsigned long &DirectionOrDOFCardinality)
	Returns the load intensity symbolic expression for the given direction/dof cardinality number.
unsigned long *	GetLoadCardinality ()
	Returns the cardinality of the dofs or directions where the loads are applied.
Public Attributes
unsigned long	EntElementNumber
	Geometric entity or element number where the load is applied.
unsigned long	LocalEntNum
	The local number of the entity (edge or face) to be loaded.
unsigned long	NumDirDOFs
	Number of directions/dofs for load application.
char	DirDOFNames [MAX_NUMBER_DIRS_DOFS][10]
	Store the names of dofs with applied loads. This array has space for the maximum number of directions or dofs given by MAX_NUMBER_DIRS_DOFS. Each dof name may be 20 characters long.
char	SymbNumFlag [MAX_NUMBER_DIRS_DOFS]
	Specify for each dof if the load intensity is symbolic or numerical. This array has space for the maximum number of directions or dofs given by MAX_NUMBER_DIRS_DOFS.
double	NumValue [MAX_NUMBER_DIRS_DOFS]
	Numerical load values for each direction or DOF.
unsigned long	Card [MAX_NUMBER_DIRS_DOFS]
	Numerical value for each direction or DOF.
char	SymbExpression [MAX_NUMBER_DIRS_DOFS][MAX_SYMB_EXPR_SIZE]
	Symbolic load expression for each direction or DOF. This array has space for the maximum number of directions or dofs given by MAX_NUMBER_DIRS_DOFS. Each symbolic expression may be MAX_SYMB_EXPR_SIZE characters long.

Detailed Description

This class stores and manages the parameters related to loads or boundary conditions applied to geometric entities (volume, surfaces, lines and keypoints) and finite element entities (element, faces, edges, nodes). The class variables are public to make simpler the access to the stored data. In the documentation of the class, both loads and boundary conditions are referred as loads.

Author:: Fabiano Fernandes Bargos/Marco Lcio Bittencourt

Date:: March/25/2011

Member Function Documentation

char ** LoadIntensity::GetDirectionOrDOFNames ( unsigned long & NumberDirectionOrDOFs )

Returns the names of the directions or dof names where the loads are applied.

Parameters:

[out] NumberDirectionOrDOFs - number od directions or dofs with loads.

Returns:: Pointer to an array of strings with the dof or direction names.

unsigned long LoadIntensity::GetEntityOrElementNumber ( )

Return the number of the entity or element where the load is applied.

Returns:: Entity number.

unsigned long LoadIntensity::GetLocalEdgeOrFaceNumber ( )

Returns the local entity (edge or face) number where the load is applied.

Returns:: Returns the number of the edge or face.

unsigned long LoadIntensity::GetNumberDirectionsOrDOFs ( )

Returns the number of directions or dofs where the load is applied.

Returns:: Returns the number of directions or dofs.

double LoadIntensity::GetNumericalValue ( unsigned long & DirectionOrDOFCardinality )

Returns the load intensity value for the given direction/dof cardinality number.

Returns:: Load intensity value.

char * LoadIntensity::GetSymbolicExpression ( unsigned long & DirectionOrDOFCardinality )

Returns the load intensity symbolic expression for the given direction/dof cardinality number.

Returns:: Load intensity expression.

char * LoadIntensity::GetSymbolicNumericFlag ( unsigned long & NumberDirectionOrDOFs )

Returns for each dof or direction where the loads are applied, the character "n" if the load intensity is numeric and "s" if the load intensity is symbolic.

Parameters:

[out] NumberDirectionOrDOFs - number od firections or dofs with loads.

Returns:: Pointer to an array of characters with the numeric or symbolic flags.

LoadIntensity & LoadIntensity::operator= ( LoadIntensity & Instance )

Copies the contents of instance to the object.

Parameters:

[in] Instance - instance of the LoadIntensity class.

Returns:: Reference to the LoadIntensity instance.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

include/loadsets/LoadIntensity.h
src/loadsets/LoadIntensity.cpp

Public Member Functions

Public Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation