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For prestressing strand I used a beam\/cable material then I applied beam in solid penalty contraint and also tried different contact types like autmatic surface to surface, single surface, and beam to surface. However, I could not prevent the penetration of cable through the duct wall when the column is loaded in lateral direction. At the same when I am looking at the contact between cable and column or duct and column it seems working because when both come in contact with the column they move and not penetrate into each other. Please give me your feedback how to make this contact between cable and hollow solid part.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-450211","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello friends,I modeled a postensioned concrete column where I used hollow solid part to represent prestressing sheat\/duct and I also used a T-shell element to create the same. 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