Spot welds in Abaqus

[gokul8707]

Hi all

I have two surfaces in my model to be joined together.. Now i am using a tie constraint to join those surfaces. But i would like to weld these surfaces at specific spots to make the simulation still realistic. Came across a keyword *FASTENER in Manual. Can anyone give an idea on how it works? Also is there any other way to give spot welds in abaqus.

Thanks
Regards
Ram

 

[Mustaine3]

Example Problems Manual 1.2.3 Buckling of a column with spot welds