How to simulate the cables of cable-stayed bridges?

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popecl
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How to simulate the cables of cable-stayed bridges?

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I used Elastic PP material because of initial strain and struss elements to simulate the cables of cable-stayed bridges, but failed. How to simulate the cables of cable-stayed bridges?

Thanks for your attention!
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Charles Chadwell, now at CalPoly, has done some work on this.
Silvia Mazzoni, PhD
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Degenkolb Engineers
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA. 94104
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