TAK 2000 Radiation Conductors

The most basic conductor is the constant conductor. Its format is shown below. G#, N1, N2, G $ (basic format) where:

G# is the conductor number, (Integer)
N1,N2 are the nodes that are connected, (Integer)
G is the value of the conductor, (Floating Point)

     -1001,  900,  501, 0.372E+02   ,-1002,  220,  261, 0.136E+02
     -1003,  220,  800, 0.179E+01   ,-1004,  220,  800, 0.588E+04

The conductor numbers 1001, 1002, 1003, and 1004 are arbitrary reference numbers. To distinguish a radiation conductor from a linear conductor, radiation conductor numbers are prefixed with a negative sign. This negative sign is only a flag to the pre-processor that it is a radiation conductor and is not stored with the conductor number.

The conductor number is followed by the two nodes (i.e. 900,501) that are connected. Following the node pair is the value of the conductor. The value of conductor 1001 is 37.2 sq-cm.

Note: The units for radiation conductors in this example is "area". The program constant SIGMA (Stefan-Boltzmann Constant) was set in the HEADER CONTROL DATA block. If the radiation conductors have already been multiplied by the Stefan-Boltzmann constant (SIGMA), then set SIGMA to 1.0 in the CONTROL DATA block. It is important to remember that the units of all the radiation conductors be the same. Either they all have to have SIGMA included or none of them have it included.

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