Hi, I’m trying to understand what Sofistik does under the hood regarding tendon grouting. I’ve looked at the documentation but can’t seem to find where the difference in the stages is explained.
I am referring to this line in Teddy’s Tendon program (after creating the dutc geometry):
cs 31 60 //CS installation and grouting stages, optional a removal stage
The above line instructs the progral that the tendons are installed at cs 31, and grouted at cs 60. Which makese sense.
My question is what does this effect in the model. Are the tendon stresses then calculated based on unbonded tendons beteen stages 31 and 60, and then as bonded tendons after stage 60? If so, how are these stressess calculated (I’d like to view the calcs and see what’s the difference to aid my understanding too).
If anyone can point me to the correct manual or some other example/document that would be greatly appreciated.