Reply To: Composite plates bolt connection

[peteroznewman]

Use a low value for the friction, like 0.05, which will give you a conservative result.  That means you can use the model to search for the load that corresponds to the onset of a failure condition and a low load will be found.  If the friction is actually higher than the value used in the model and the load is limited to the value found in the analysis, there is little chance of failure.