FollowerLoadModel Class Reference

Model for applying follower loads that rotate with nodal rotations. More...

#include "FollowerLoadModel.h"

Inheritance diagram for FollowerLoadModel:

Collaboration diagram for FollowerLoadModel:

Public Member Functions
	FollowerLoadModel (const String &name, const Properties &conf, const Properties &props, const Properties &globdat)
	Constructor with configuration and properties.
virtual bool	takeAction (const String &action, const Properties &params, const Properties &globdat) override
	Handle model actions (INIT, ADVANCE, GET_EXT_VECTOR)

Static Public Member Functions
static Ref< Model >	makeNew (const String &name, const Properties &conf, const Properties &props, const Properties &globdat)
	Factory method for creating new FollowerLoadModel instances.
static void	declare ()
	Register FollowerLoadModel type with ModelFactory.

Static Public Attributes
Property identifiers
static const char *	TYPE_NAME = "FollowerLoad"
static const char *	NODES_PROP = "nodeGroup"
	Node group property.
static const char *	START_PROP = "start_dir"
	Initial force direction.
static const char *	DOF_PROP = "dofs"
	Force DOF types.
static const char *	ROT_DOF_PROP = "rot_dofs"
	Rotational DOF types.

Detailed Description

Implements direction-dependent loading where force direction is updated based on nodal rotational degrees of freedom. Useful for pressure loads and other loads that maintain fixed orientation relative to deformed geometry.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

FollowerLoadModel()

FollowerLoadModel::FollowerLoadModel ( const String &  name, const Properties &  conf, const Properties &  props, const Properties &  globdat  )

explicit

Parameters

name	Model name
conf	Actually used configuration properties (output)
props	User-specified model properties
globdat	Global data container

Member Function Documentation

declare()

void FollowerLoadModel::declare ( )

static

makeNew()

Ref< Model > FollowerLoadModel::makeNew ( const String &  name, const Properties &  conf, const Properties &  props, const Properties &  globdat  )

static

Parameters

name	Model name
conf	Actually used configuration properties (output)
props	User-specified model properties
globdat	Global data container

Returns

Reference to new FollowerLoadModel instance

takeAction()

bool FollowerLoadModel::takeAction ( const String &  action, const Properties &  params, const Properties &  globdat  )

overridevirtual

Parameters

action	Action name to execute
params	Action parameters
globdat	Global data container

Returns

true if action was handled

Member Data Documentation

DOF_PROP

const char * FollowerLoadModel::DOF_PROP = "dofs"

static

NODES_PROP

const char * FollowerLoadModel::NODES_PROP = "nodeGroup"

static

ROT_DOF_PROP

const char * FollowerLoadModel::ROT_DOF_PROP = "rot_dofs"

static

START_PROP

const char * FollowerLoadModel::START_PROP = "start_dir"

static

TYPE_NAME

const char * FollowerLoadModel::TYPE_NAME = "FollowerLoad"

static