Dear all,
Doses SACS support circular section beam (full circle or a bar). Otherwise, how can we model slings in SACS ?
Thanks,
Hi Youssef,
SACS doesn't support full circle or bar beams. However, we can still model that (such as slings) in SACS using tubular members equivalently. The tubular can be defined using the same diameter D and a very large thickness close to D/2. Of course you can also override material properties for slings yourself, such as elastic module, density, yield stress.
If you want to see axial tension force only on slings, you may need to use member release to eliminate shear force and bending moment on that. Also you can define it as tension only gap elements .
Answer Verified By: youssef hammou
Thank you for answering Wen Meng.