Prestressed Beam

[gavin-90]

I'm trying to model a prestressed beam as part of my Final Year Project in college. Can someone suggest the best method to do this in Robot?

Thanks

[Artur.Kosakowski]

I'm sorry but prestressed beams are not available in the current version of Robot.

[gavin-90]

Thanks for the quick responce Artur,

I know its a long shot, but do you know if it is possible to mimic a prestressed beam by embedding a pre-strained cable in a concrete solid element? 

[Artur.Kosakowski · Accepted solution]

No, I don't think this is going to work but you may consider use of the type of the load described here:

http://docs.autodesk.com/RSA/2012/ENU/filesROBOT/GUID-DD417BE7-3816-40A0-BE5B-CED114716FA-465.htm

Mind that no prestress losses are included.

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