PTADD

Bulk Data Entry Defines a pretension load as a linear combination of load sets defined via PTFORCE, PTFORC1, PTADJST and PTADJS1 entries.

Format

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
PTADD PSID S S1 L1 S2 L2 S3 L3  
  S4 L4   etc.          

Example

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
PTADD 6 2.0 3.0 2 2.0 3      

Definitions

Field Contents SI Unit Example
PSID Pretensioning load set identification number.  
S Scale factor. 1

No default (Real)

 
Si Scale factor. 1

No default (Real)

 
Li Pretension load set identification number defined via entry types enumerated above. 1

No default (Integer > 0)

 

Comments

  1. The pretension load as a linear combination is defined by:(1)
    P = S i S i L i

    Where,

    S and S i are the scale factors.

    L i is the pretension load set defined via PTFORCE, PTFORC1, PTADJST and PTADJST entries.