tension structural members

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Permalink Reply by Karamba3D on October 22, 2013 at 11:23pm

Dear Leonardo,

what aspects of tension only structures are you interested in? 

Is it the non-linear behavior of e.g. ropes that get inactive under compression or do you rather want to generate structures that a priori consist of tension elements only?

Best,

Clemens

Permalink Reply by Leonardo on October 23, 2013 at 12:50am

Dear Clemens,

thanks for your reply.

I am interested in structures, e.g. trusses, in which diagonals, if made with cables, get inactive under compression and work only under axial tensile forces.

Thanks.

Best,

Leonardo

Permalink Reply by Karamba3D on October 23, 2013 at 12:51pm

Dear Leonardo,

you could use then TenComElim-component of Karamba for this. In the Karamba Hacker's manual there is also an example of a script which works along the same lines.

Best,

Clemens