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solid65 element

Thread starter james80
Start date Oct 11, 2005

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Oct 11, 2005

james80

Mechanical

I am trying to create a model of a fiber-reinforced matrix material with tension-only fibers. I have tried using the SOLID65 element (concrete element); however, the tension-only option is not compatiable (at least using the cast-iron material options). Do you have a suggestion as to how to model these fibers as tension-only without actually modelling the fibers individually?