Form: Cable Material Temperature
The material temperature is the temperature at which temperature-dependent properties are evaluated for the object. The properties at this fixed temperature are used for all analyses, regardless of any temperature changes experienced by the object during loading. The object material temperatures are (a) interpolated over an object from values given over joints, or (b) considered as uniform.
Select the cable(s) to be assigned a material temperature.
Use the Assign menu > Cable > Material Temperature command to activate the Cable Material Temperature form. The material temperature can be a uniform temperature for the cable or an average of the temperature for the joints as applied using a joint pattern.
Temperature. Enter a temperature value in the Temperature edit box to specify a uniform temperature for the cable. Be sure that the Joint Pattern drop-down list is blank.
Joint Pattern drop-down list. Enter a temperature value in the Temperature edit box and then select the joint pattern. With this option SAP2000 uses a uniform temperature that is the average of the joint values.
The properties at this fixed temperature are used for all analyses regardless of any temperature changes experienced by the object during loading.
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