Simulation of flanged connection
Simulation of flanged connection
(OP)
Short of creating an assembly with a "test flange" and "bolts" to oppose the one that I am working on, is there a good way to model gasket seating stress and bolt tension in Workbench? Thanks!





RE: Simulation of flanged connection
I've never done this before, but it looks like in Workbench you can model the gasket as a 3-d body, and set the stiffness behavior to gasket. You can apply bolt loads with a bolt pretension object inserted with the rest of your boundary conditions.
Rick Fischer
Principal Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory