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Bolt Tension 1

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crapshooter

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Ok, i'm new to SW's. I don't have the toolbox. I made my own bolt. It's going to hold to pieces together with a specified load. How do i make the program see the compression load at the jointed areas for the FEA analysis?


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This is dependant on the FEA program you are using (Cosmos, Ansys...etc.)

In other words, this is not a SWX question, but an FEA question.
 
Crapshooter,

The load cases will be defined in whatever FEA program you import the SWx data into....just remember don't put threads in bearing.

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Heckler
 
If you search this forum you'll find some very interesting technics to simulate fastener loads.

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