Tendon Stressing

The task area Tendon Stressing contains the different types for defining the stressing actions, i.e. Stress, Wedge Slip, Release.

To define a new stressing action

• Click the respective stressing action.

  The stressing action is added by its name to the table in the View window and you can edit its parameters there.

Alternatively, define the stressing actions using the context menu in the table in the View window.

Select a tendon in the navigation tree to display the stressing force diagram of the defined stressing actions in a diagram in the View window.

Click the button Recalculate to evaluate the stressing forces of the tendons.