wire rope in ram advanse

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wire rope in ram advanse
how to model a tension wire rope in ram advanse. ?  
check out our whitepaper library.
model the member as tension only and use a36 (weightless) as the material.
the tension only is included in the member tab - i believe in the hinges portion of the member tab.  
structuraleit - does the method you describe take into account that the wire rope's stress-strain slope is far flatter than solid steel?  this could greatly affect your analysis results, especially your deflections...
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you can't adjust e in ram advanse, therefore you will have to use an appropriate section of some area such that esteel*afictitious = erope*aactual.
i agree with eit, except you can adjust e in ram advanse.   just go to the materials database under the configuration menu and create your own material with whatever e value you want.
lowlax-
nice!  
lowlax - regarding that ra do not design ropes (steel or fiber), what would be your advise to define a steel wire rope, the material would be steel or other and it would have weigth or it would be weigthless...
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