Reply To: Large Assembly Bolted Joints

[Dustin Sondenaa]

Thank you for the response. We could increase the beam radius but the queston would become how large is unrealistic.

If we were to model the parts as a simpler model wouldn't we still need to provide ansys with information on the face to face contact of the joint to prevent the two surfaces from passing through each other? I was thinking either a frictonless contact or "no seperation" constraint would be appropriate in this case to account for the flage to flanger interaciton rather than just soley relying on the fastener beam to be the stiffness. Am I incorrect in my thinking?

Obviously an image would help and I will try to generate something