How the spacer's dimensions i.e. Outer diameter and thickness (Inner diameter) used in bolted joints, are determined or is there a standard/recommendation for the sizes of the spacers with respect to bolt size.
Any reference to the technical literature/book is highly appreciated.
Thanks & Regards.
In ANSYS Workbench, the Reaction Force of a support can be determined by the Probe tool, which gives the total Reaction Force.
Some FEA programs give the Reaction Force distribution on the nodes of the support of FE model.
Is there a way to find Reaction Force distribution on Nodes in ANSYS...
When a certain value of test data repeats or reoccur during the test, in Frequency domain, how this will be stated.
Frequency is usually referred as Number of Time/Unit Time, but the value occurrence in Time domain is not per unit time it is during the test whole time.
For example, in strain...
Are the bolts with spacers in Bolted Joint tightened to their maximum torque? The Clamping Force is transferred to members through spacer interface area with upper member. This does not cause high stresses due to less interface area due to spacer.
Thanks for your help.
In Ansys, when the bolted joint is modelled by using Beam Elements, there is options of defining the Beams as, Deformable, Rigid and Beam.
If I understand correctly, this is the area stiffness, where Beam is connected to the members of the joint, that is at bolt head and nut interfaces...
When quoted Fracture Strain Ɛf value from a Tension Test is greater than 1, it means the change in length is larger than original length of the test specimen.
Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design, Tenth Edition, book has following Fracture Strain Ɛf values listed in Table A-22 on page 1051...
Dears,
I am getting User Warning Message 5276 "ELEMENT 2055575 HAS TOO MUCH CURVATURE AND MAY YIELD POOR ANSWERS", The tolerance may be adjusted with Q8T6_ANG keyword on the NASTRAN statement.
The analysis job is not completed after the number of warnings exceeds a certain number.
How the...
G (Gravity/Acceleration) load, for Half FE Model, utilizing the symmetry of the structure, will be the same as for full model, because the g loads produce inertia force calculated from F = ma, on the structure.
I appreciate, your inputs and valuable suggestions, if this is not the case.
Dears,
I appreciate your help by referring to a very basic and preliminary book to understand the conversion of Time Domain data to Frequency domain data, different algorithms for the purpose and their explanation along with plenty of solved examples, also explaining the...
To calculate Fatigue using alternating stresses, from two loading conditions, if Max. Principal Stresses from one load is selected, for the second load, same Max. Principal Stresses would be selected or the stress component with higher magnitude will be selected, if Min. Principal Stress value...
Dears,
While reading the MSC/NASTRAN, "Linear Static Analysis" User' Guide, came across the following sentence,
"The principal mass axes are axes that have no coupling between the translational mass components."
What is the concept/meaning of "Coupling between Translational Mass Components."...
Dears,
NASTRAN has 4 different Spring Elements, CELAS1, CELAS2, CELAS3 and CELAS4. One difference between these elements is, how these are defined, by mentioning to PID or specifying K (Stiffness) values.
I could not find the mentioning of any other difference between these elements in NASTRAN...
Dears,
NASTRAN has 4 different Spring Elements, CELAS1, CELAS2, CELAS3 and CELAS4. One difference between these elements is, how these are defined, by mentioning to PID or specifying K (Stiffness) values.
I could not find the mentioning of any other difference between these elements in NASTRAN...
Dears,
When the Normal Modes from FEA Modal analysis are normalized by displacement, the maximum displacement in a mode is used to get the unit value and the relative displacement values at the other areas of the structure.
Is this possible that the maximum deformation values after normalization...
Dears,
How the speed in rpm of a rotating machinery like an engine or motor can be used to compare the natural frequency of an attached structure. For example, what could be the excitation of a bracket with natural frequency in the range of say, 10 Hz to 50 Hz, attached to the engine, which is...
For a structure subjected to temperature load with variation over the different portions of the structure other than a single environment temperature, what type of solution in NX, is used.
For linear static analysis solution, I am unable to include my temperature load into the solution, it only...
If we need to categorize the ductile and brittle materials based upon the ratio of yield to ultimate tensile strengths of the materials.
What is the threshold values for the ratio, where the materials could be specified as ductile or brittle?
Thanks for the input.
Spacer in a bolted joint is used to increase the distance between clamped, it increase the Bolt length, resulting in decrease in bolt stiffness and this makes the proportion of bolt and members stiffness better.
Are there any benefits of using the spacer in a bolted joint?
Bolted joint with...
Reamer and Shoulder bolts both takes the shear loads. Reamer bolt's body diameter is basically equal to the bolt hole diameter and the installation of the bolt is done by cooling the bolt first, means the bolt body is in contact with the joint upper member hole and making this, able to take...
Hello,
Is the Bolt's threads stripping erase the threads profile first (remove the material) and then leads towards breaking of the bolt by shearing.
Are Bolts threads stripping and shearing, the same phenomenon and the terms could be used interchangeably?
Or more precisely, shearing/breaking...
