Dear Prof. Govindjee,
I have been reviewing the output of CSUR this morning with linear quad. elements and have realized this method may not providing the desired output. I am using the CSUR command as below:
CSURface
LINEar
1, 0.0, 0, 10
2, 0.1, 0, 10
1. The force magnitude on the nodes on either end of the linear distribution seems to be half that of the rest of the loads. Is there a reason for this, I realise there is a strong possibility this is intentional but I am unaware of why?
2. When I inquired the magnitude of all the forces on the nodes for several different mesh refinements I realized that the load magnitudes would remain the same i.e. with the above example, always 10 with 5 on either end. However, I would like to replicate closer to a 2D pressure load, i.e. force per unit distance, thus, if there are more nodes the magnitude of each force is scaled respectively. Could you advise if there is a method I should be aware of to achieve this?
Thank you,
Elliot