Hello everyone,
I was looking for the TEMP command from CSM on Sofistik to perform a thermal analysis (with thermal gradient loads) on a steel box girder bridge quad model. This forum led me to this command. Thanks for that.
Now, I’m trying to implement it correctly. I’ve followed the code shared in the t_beam_bridge_excentric.dat teddy example.
However, the ZVAR MODE seems more appropriate for my study, and I cannot find any other example than the one in the CSM Manual.
Here the lines I copied:
+prog CSM urs:5
head Temperature ZVAR
TEMP LC 80 TN 24 DT -10 MODE ZVAR
CTRL FILE ‘temp2’ $ filename for the created input file
END
+apply “$(NAME)_temp2.dat”
An error occurred when I tried to run this code:
Non-valid input at position: 6
I cannot figure out where the problem comes from (I’ve tried several values for the gradient DT (positive and negative), but the error keeps occurring.
If you have any suggestions, I would be happy to hear from you,
Best regards
PS: here’s the link to my previous request, where the TEMP command was recommended to me