barrsurf Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Should I have to add manual constraints to bolted connections in dynamic or stress simulations? Right now, when I create a bolted connection, nothing is constrained and I have to add the relevant constraints. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Have you gone through this book http://www.vdssolutions.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrsurf Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 I hadn't heard of it, JD. I will do it this afternoon. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrsurf Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Actually, I already ordered that book and will have it in a day or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrsurf Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Is there a way in the stress analysis environment to convert all bolted connections to fixed constraints, or is this done automatically? I'm suppressing the bolted connections in the analysis, having been told to do so by someone at Autodesk. Using automatic contacts I have gotten strange results. I just manually constrained several bolted connections and got a more reasonable result. However, I have a fairly large number of bolts to deal with. Or can it be done in assembly, possibly bolted connection but not add hardware? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 You could split the faces where the clamp forces would be applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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