====== Prescribed Nodal "Dead" Loads ======
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Dead loads are forces that are directly prescribed at the nodes of the mesh. The amplitude and direction of such forces is known a priori. In particular it is independent from the deformation of the underlying material. Such forces also strongly depend on the chosen mesh desnity. Changing the mesh usually requires a complete redefinition of these forces.

<note important>As a consequence, it is usually a bad idea to define nodal "dead" loads in a model. To model realistic loads (pressure and shear) which depend on the deformed configuration and do not depend on the mesh density, use [[doc:user:elements:boundaries:pressure_shear]].</note>

Anyway, the command used for the definition of "dead loads is the same as [[doc:user:conditions:displacements]] except that [[doc:user:general:locks|Field1D]] refers to a force instead of a displacement.