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