Hello,

I am simulating two separate loading scenarios on a tapered, circular cross section beam.

1. Uniformly distributed loading

2. Linearly distributed loading

First question: When I apply a force and specify a magnitude, is that the total force applied to the selected surface? I.e. if I specify 40 N, and the beam is 1m in length, that is equivalent to a uniformly distributed load of 40N/m?

Second question: Is the only way to apply a non-uniform distributed loading to specify the body as a beam? When I have specified it as just a solid body (not a beam), I input an equation in the nonuniform distribution section and it appears the inputted equation is F(x,y,z), which is not really a distributed loading, but instead a variable force. It seems that I want an equation to be in terms of Force/ Length. I've been playing with this, and it has been confusing me.

Thank you for your help,

Jesse