| The cable elements allow the calculation of
any cable structure following the theory of large
deformations. They can be combined with beam, area and
solid elements and can be calculated in the state 'slack' or
prestressed.
A special feature of cable structures is that the final
system geometry results from the balance between the cable
forces and the outer loads.
Together with the additional module 'FEM Dynamics'
challenging problems of
nonlinear cable dynamics
can be solved.
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The entire bridge construction illustrated is hung on the two braced
pylons. The span of the roadway between the foreshore bridges is 250
m. |
