How can we note or observe the tension in the geogrid? Which parameter in history/plot is used to relate and calculate tension?
Hello @Newuser,
The tensile stress in a geogrid can be found from structure geogrid recover command. This command allows you to plot and get the stress resultants for a geogrid element. See the stress recovery procedure here -
Note that the tensile stress will depend on the way you set up the surface coordinate system for your geogrid elements, which is also explained in the structure geogrid recover command.
does this mean, it is not possible to observe the tension from the contour in the plot region? Is it mandatory to provide the command to observe in the plot region as well?
You can observe the stress resultants as a plot contour, just not while cycling. See this excerpt from the “Stress Recovery Procedure”
Hi @dblanksma, Thank you for the reply.
Since, there are no application application about geogrid member forces, I am not sure if I can relate the resultant Nx (shown in the picture) as the tensile forces on the member… Is it possible for you to provide me with a example command to get this data at a specific point in geogrid? Actually, I want to see the tension force/ stress developed in the geogrid from the embankment load on it.
I read the documentation guide but there are no examples to clearly understand and able to get the desired results.