Hello every body! I am a new user, nice to meet you all. I have found this forum so interesting.
My question is simple: I am trying to insert a pre-tensioned steel wire inside a masonry arc (modeled with shells). But how to model it? I saw that inserting a beam is not possible because 6.10 does not allow to preload a beam (am I wrong?). I have tried with a solid but I have some problems abput compatibility with the mesh of the solid and the mesh of the masonry. Is it possible according to you use a shell element to simulate the circular wire? Maybe by using the same intertia properties and geometrical one as the wire. Thank you so much.
Luja
My question is simple: I am trying to insert a pre-tensioned steel wire inside a masonry arc (modeled with shells). But how to model it? I saw that inserting a beam is not possible because 6.10 does not allow to preload a beam (am I wrong?). I have tried with a solid but I have some problems abput compatibility with the mesh of the solid and the mesh of the masonry. Is it possible according to you use a shell element to simulate the circular wire? Maybe by using the same intertia properties and geometrical one as the wire. Thank you so much.
Luja