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Which Element to model STEEL CABLE? Please help!

Which Element to model STEEL CABLE? Please help!

Which Element to model STEEL CABLE? Please help!

(OP)
Hello, Deal All,

Can anybody give me some hints which type of elements I should use to model Cable in ABAQUS? The cable could have different stiffness. Should I just use different E (Young's modulus) values to simulate this different stiffness? Thanks a lot.

RE: Which Element to model STEEL CABLE? Please help!

Have a look at the "*No Compression" keyword (also in CAE, Material Options).

This can be used with just about any elastic element, but watch out for convergence problems.

 

RE: Which Element to model STEEL CABLE? Please help!

(OP)
Thanks alt MrMyers for this info. Cheers!

Jerry

RE: Which Element to model STEEL CABLE? Please help!

(OP)
Hello, MyMyers/All,

Forgot to ask you one more Q: If the Steel Cable is mainly to sustain Axial Tension but can bear little or no bending moment, is there any special Element I should choose? ALso, should I set the cable material to have a small Young's Modulus to achieve this? Thanks again.

Jerry

RE: Which Element to model STEEL CABLE? Please help!

You can use truss.

RE: Which Element to model STEEL CABLE? Please help!

Or even hypoelasticity, with a very low modulus for strain in compression and a normal Modulus for strain in tension?

 

RE: Which Element to model STEEL CABLE? Please help!

(OP)
Using Truss element to model cable is hard to converge often.

-Jerry

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