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Creating a large number of wire elements

Creating a large number of wire elements

Creating a large number of wire elements

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Hey,

I'm currently trying to model the interaction of steel reinforcement with concrete slab. I'm using translator connectors between the rebar and concrete slab to simulate bond-slip effect. My problem now is that I need to create a large number of wire features for those translator connectors. So far, the only way I've been able to create wires is by manually connecting the nodes of the rebar to the nodes of the concrete. This is very time consuming on bigger models and I was wondering if there is a faster way of doing this.

RE: Creating a large number of wire elements

Open the INP, look for the part where connectors are defined. Repeat those lines as many times as you need (with appropriate nodal coordinates, of course).

http://www.eng-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=376

RE: Creating a large number of wire elements

(OP)
Thank you, that was pretty much what I did on my own too, feel kinda stupid for not realizing it sooner :). I did end up using a while loop thought due to the number of wires I needed.

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