Product: Abaqus/CAE
Benefits: You can now define connector loads and connector boundary conditions using assembled fasteners to specify bolt preloading in Abaqus/CAE. This enhancement improves the usability of assembled fasteners.
Description: For models containing assembled fasteners, you can define connector loads (connector force and connector moment) and connector boundary conditions (connector displacement, connector velocity, and connector acceleration) to specify bolt preloading. When you select an assembled fastener in the load or boundary condition editor, the wire sets that are associated with the referenced template model populate the template set list. You can select a wire set from the template model, as shown in Figure 8–6, to define the connector load or boundary condition. You must ensure that the selected wire set has a section assignment that has the available components of relative motion for which you want to define the load or boundary condition.
Load module: Create Load; Category: Mechanical, Types: connector loads; Create Boundary Condition; Category: Mechanical, Types: connector boundary conditions; select an assembled fastener and select a wire set from the Template set list