{"id":379889,"date":"2024-08-22T19:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/prestressed-pre-tensioned-concrete-modeling\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T19:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:50:02","slug":"prestressed-pre-tensioned-concrete-modeling","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/prestressed-pre-tensioned-concrete-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Prestressed Pre-tensioned Concrete Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi Ansys Community,&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; I tried modeling the prestressing strands as line elements, applied a profile, and used the &#8220;reinforcement&#8221; model type. However this model type does not allow me to apply any load on the strands. I tried &#8220;beam&#8221; 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.&nbsp; If anyone has&nbsp; worked with prestressed concrete before and could provide me some guidance, it would be of great help.&nbsp; Thank You. &nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/22-08-2024-1724346638-mceclip0.png\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/22-08-2024-1724346796-mceclip1.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-379889","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["350181","431745"],"_bbp_author_ip":["129.107.174.2"],"_btv_view_count":["253"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["379889"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["350181","431745"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["380059"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["380059"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-08-23 18:24:40"]},"test":"481f18c3168cf14e7b4d16c22df15fe0032e7249"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/379889","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\/379889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}