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[AhmedDesoki]

Dear folks

I want to model a bolted connection. There is a clearance between the hole of upper jointed part and the bolt. Hence, the bolt is expected to carry axial load (tension/compression).

The Ansys Beam connection is supposed to model bolts, but unfortunately, such beam connection carries shear and torsion in addition to the axial load.

[peteroznewman]

nInsert a Probe into the results and select the Joint. You will get tabular data on the forces going through the joint and a vector of the total force in the graphics window.n