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Help with convergance of difficult contact problem
Well, that is good point to include the washers - it may spread stresses more evenly. Even if it is not 100% accurate to the reality (head of the bolt usually does not have washer under it), but the important part in this simulation is behaviour of the profile, not the bolt. I will definitely...- Fr1day
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- Forum: DASSAULT: ABAQUS FEA Solver
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Help with convergance of difficult contact problem
Hello, I am working on my PhD project of simulating bolt connection in angle profile. Model as in this picture Material: -Plasticity with 4 points on the curve -Bolt has stiffer material Contact: -Tangential behaviour: penalty 0.3, normal behaviour: Hard. -surface-to-surface, finite...- Fr1day
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