Cable Efficiency

Check the cable efficiency in a spreadsheet table format.

Table Tool in midas Civil offers a variety of powerful, built-in functions. Refer to Usage of Table Tool for detailed directions.

From the Main Menu select Results > Result Tables > Cable> Cable Efficiency

Upon executing Cable > Cable efficiency Table, Records Activation Dialog is displayed. Click  after selecting the output entities such as nodes or elements, loading conditions, construction stages, etc. This may take a long time to display.

Note
Refer to Results Table of "Usage of Table Tool" for a description on how to use the Records Activation Dialog.
 

Refer to Usage of Table Tool and check the following data:

Elem : ID number of elements

Node I : Node ID number at Section I

Node J : Node ID number at Section J

Load : Loading condition

Chord Length (m) : Length of the chord

ExA (tonf) : (Modulus of elasticity) x (cross-sectional area of the cable)

Weight (tonf) : Total weight of the cable

Tension (tonf) : Cable tension

ExA(mod)  

Efficiency : cable efficiency

where, G = Total weight of the cable

 L = Length of the chord

 H = Horizontal component of cable tension T

 Ec = Modulus of elasticity

 Ac = Cross sectional area of the cable

 α = Angle of the cable