37.5. Boundary Conditions and Loading

The bottom surface of the base plate is constrained in all directions. A pressure load is applied to the upper surface of the cover plate after preloading the bolt.

  • In the first load step, pretension loading of 2544690 N is applied to the pretension section through the SLOAD command.

    sload,1,p101,lock,forc,2544690,1,2		! pretension load of 2544690 N
  • In the second load step, a pressure load of 50 MPa (which is less than the equivalent pretension load) is applied to the upper surface of the cover plate.

    sf,sfload_nn,pres,-50			! pressure load of 50 MPa on upper surface of cover plate

Figure 37.14: Boundary Conditins and Loading on the 3D Model

Boundary Conditins and Loading on the 3D Model