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...
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...
