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Modelling a rope/chain connection

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LM290

Mechanical
Nov 3, 2012
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Hi all,

The problem I am looking to solve is what type of elements to used to simulate a rope connection between two concrete blocks. An example of what I am modelling is below.
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I have done some searching but to no avail. I am not worried about any data from the rope; I just want to simulate the interaction.

Hopefully someone can help with this as it seems like it would be an easy thing to do.
 
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Model the rope as truss elements without compressive strength, there's a checkbox in either the material or section widget.
 
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