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[Balaram]

Hi Ansys Community, 

I am trying to model a prestressed pre-tensioned concrete girder in ANSYS Mechanical. I am trying to apply pre-tension force as thermal load. 

I tried modeling the prestressing strands as line elements, applied a profile, and used the "reinforcement" model type. However this model type does not allow me to apply any load on the strands. I tried "beam" and other model types, and defined the manual contact (bonded) between strands and concrete, but this does not seem to be applying any force in the strand. For another approach, I modeled strands as solid elements but this is not yielding any results either. 

If anyone has  worked with prestressed concrete before and could provide me some guidance, it would be of great help. 

Thank You.

 

[Ashish Khemka]

Hi,

You have asked the same question here: Prestressed Pre-tensioned Concrete Modeling (ansys.com)

I will close this topic.

Regards,

Ashish Khemka