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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Prestressing Force in Prestressed Concrete Reply To: Prestressing Force in Prestressed Concrete

dlooman
Ansys Employee

Perhaps that's a limitation of the Mechanical gui.  From the ds.dat file can you determine what element type is being used to define the reinforcing?  For example, REINF264.  The APDL element documentation indicates structural temperature is a supported load for REINF264 and the element has the material property ALPX to support thermal strain.  If it's just a gui issue a commands object would be a way to apply the thermal load.

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