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rock anchors in RAM Concept

Thread starter othiessen
Start date Mar 25, 2011

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Mar 25, 2011

othiessen

Structural

I'm designing a mat foundation for a 25 story concrete building around the shear walls and I am not sure how to model rock anchors. I've tried putting point supports and columns in the mesh, but those also take compression. Is there a way to make them tension-only?