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  • To prevent tension from developing in the arch and along the soil-structure interface, gap (compression-only) link objects may be used to model support points.


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  • Incident 28827: 10/10/2010 email reply to the user with tips for modeling arch bridges (email ID 5931241)

Arch system in 2D

To model an arch system in 2D, shell objects should be used for plane stress problems, and frame objects should be used for frame-type behavior. When using frame objects, a series of linear segments should be modeled to approximate the curvilinear profile of the arch.

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  • Incident 46447: Arch