2nd stage of construction – collector lining input

In this stage we introduce the collector lining into the analysis. In particular, use the mode "Beams" and select the "Add" button on the horizontal tool bar to open the "New beams" dialog window, which allows for entering the required parameters of the beam element.  This window also serves to select on what geometrical entity the beam should be positioned – a free line in this particular case. The line number, cross-sectional dimensions and material type are entered next.  Finally, pressing the "Add" button then adds a new beam to a list of beams shown in the frame. We continue with the same procedure to add all lining segments. The program automatically offers the last specified beam so only the line number needs to be changed if all other parameters remain the same.

Beam input

The following figure shows the desktop after entering all beam elements.

Desktop after entering beam elements

The next step is to run the numerical analysis.