Bushing joint

[lycoming]

I'm trying to use a bushing - ground to solid joint to model a rubber bushing on a mount. I know radial and axial stiffness of the physical bushing but do not understand the Ansys worksheet and how to enter them. Does anybody have experience with this type of joint and applying the stiffnesses in Ansys?

 

[scarules2006]

By radial and axial stiffness you mean a curve for each?I ask you this because rubber is nonlinear and it's stiffness varies, it's not constant.

 

[lycoming]

I actually have two different bushings to model. Stiffness data provided by the supplier is given as a constant for the one. The other (different supplier) is given as a stiffness curve.