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Time affect sets

The Time Affect Set edit dialog

To get a Time affect set edit dialog from a blank new cross-section description:

1. Click on the “Add” item under Time Affect Sets on the main menu. This will add a Time Affect Set to the Time Affect Set list.
2. Click on this new Time Affect Set in the list to select it.
3. Click the “Edit” item under Time Affect Sets on the main menu. This will open the Time Affect Set edit dialog with a Time Affect Set description that is all default values.

The Time Affect Set edit dialog is a table edit dialog although unlike the other table edit dialogs it has a fixed number of lines; there being one line for each component. The table has four columns:

1. A line number
2. The component name
3. A creep coefficient. That is the ratio of the creep strain to the elastic strain of the loading causing the creep.
4. A shrinkage; a strain that is constant over the area of the component. This is to be expressed as a positive number although when the set is applied it is a negative contribution to the Other Distortion strain.

Near the top of this dialog is a combination list box labeled “Creep load =” and displaying the selection “No affect”. The other possible selections from this list are the Load-cases in the main Load-case list.