Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Reinforced Concrete Beam Reply To: Reinforced Concrete Beam

Erik Kostson
Ansys Employee

Using reinforcement Model type is fine for rebar and the way to do it (no need to have shared nodes, or contacts).

Finally for a whole workflow and set up, see a tutroial I made some time ago:

https://innovationspace.ansys.com/forum/forums/topic/how-can-we-model-failure-in-reinforced-concrete-rc-slabs/