struclearner
Structural
How a tapped bolted joint by representing bolts as a line body is modelled in ANSYS Workbench.
To represent the interface of the bolt threaded portion and blind hole, need to define a contact between bolts threaded portion and the lower flange hole of the joint.
In the case of bolts represented by solid body this is done by defining the contact between surfaces (when treads are not modelled, and surfaces are cylindrical ones).
In the case of line body, the contact is defined between vertex and surface, is there a way to use both vertices for defining the contact to represent the bolt threaded portion and lower flange hole interface, when bolt solid body is extracted as a line body (then represented by a Beam element).
Thanks for your input and help.
To represent the interface of the bolt threaded portion and blind hole, need to define a contact between bolts threaded portion and the lower flange hole of the joint.
In the case of bolts represented by solid body this is done by defining the contact between surfaces (when treads are not modelled, and surfaces are cylindrical ones).
In the case of line body, the contact is defined between vertex and surface, is there a way to use both vertices for defining the contact to represent the bolt threaded portion and lower flange hole interface, when bolt solid body is extracted as a line body (then represented by a Beam element).
Thanks for your input and help.