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The distributed forces are given by the following equation:

 

                                                 

which can be detailed for a constant thickness n-noded izoparametric finite element as:

 

                               

where Qx and Qy are the components of distributed load along the x and y axis, and because the thickness of the finite element is constant (h=const) we obtain:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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