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    Gap and contact elements

    I think the biggest difference between gap element and contact element is that gap elements will ONLY take axial stress. One application for gap element would be toe and heel action, and for contact element would be the friction between two bodies.
  2. prosurface

    Bolt & Weld Joints Modeling?

    Usually, I use MPC for the bolt load in PATRAN, assuming that is what you use for the preprocessing.
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