Modeling of Pretensioned Bolts
Application ID: 102371
This is a tutorial example, showing how to work with pretensioned bolts. Various aspects of bolt modeling are explored:
- Modeling bolts as solids or by beams
- Connections of beams to solid components
- Bolts ended by nuts or by internal threads in the attached component
- Import of bolt and nut geometries from the Part Libraries
- Connection of bolts using full contact, or by continuity
- Sequential tightening of a set of bolts
- Modeling a gasket as a thin layer
This model example illustrates applications of this type that would nominally be built using the following products:
however, additional products may be required to completely define and model it. Furthermore, this example may also be defined and modeled using components from the following product combinations:
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