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Bolted connection with spring and preload in AIM

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    • May 12, 2021 at 11:03 am
      thornyak
      Subscriber

      Hello!

      In AIM 2020R1, I idealised a bolted connection with spring and set a load value for preload. How will be the preload applied during calculation? If I have a multistep analysis, will be the preload applied during 1st step and after that will it be locked for the remaining steps? Or will be the preload applied in Step "Zero" before the first step? Inside "Simulation Step Manager" I can only activate/suppress/lock "Structural Conditions" such as Support, Force and Bolt Pretension defined on Solid/Line bodies and not on a Spring (which is a "Interface Condition").

      AIM's help mentions the following but this is unclear for me: "Springs are typically defined in a stress free or “unloaded” state. This means that no loading conditions exist unless preloading is specified for a 1-D spring, which creates an initial “loaded”
      state."

    • May 12, 2021 at 1:05 pm
      Subashni Ravichandran
      Forum Moderator

      Hello Tamas

      I'm looking into this query.

      I will get back to you soon on this.

    • May 31, 2021 at 7:26 am
      thornyak
      Subscriber

      Hello Subashni

      Can you give me an update about this post?

    • July 8, 2021 at 11:32 am
      Subashni Ravichandran
      Forum Moderator

      This discussion was continued on another post.

      • July 13, 2021 at 6:25 am
        thornyak
        Subscriber

        Subashni 

        which post? can you link the post here please?

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