{"id":34976,"date":"2019-04-26T13:37:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T13:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/pretension-steel-cables-in-static-structural-analysis\/"},"modified":"2019-04-26T13:37:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T13:37:36","slug":"pretension-steel-cables-in-static-structural-analysis","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/pretension-steel-cables-in-static-structural-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretension steel cables in static structural analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/2360c53f-21d8-4d52-8b5e-aa3b00d915f9\/d97460f1-ac6c-42a0-9ef3-aa3b00df09ff_frame-picture.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I would like to simulate a test frame that I am designing for an experiment. The main frame is made of aluminum and there is an 8&#215;8 grid of steel wires. The bottoms of the 4 upright aluminum posts are fixed to the ground.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the experiment I am planning to use turnbuckles to pretension each steel wire to 10 lbF each. How can I model this load in an ANSYS static structural simulation?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Matt<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-34976","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["7148"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["2029"],"_bbp_subscription":["35651"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["34976"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","35651","164902"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["236505"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["236505"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-09-28 10:17:13"]},"test":"mfronk3"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/34976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/34976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}