BUSHING

Description

Figure 1. Connection type BUSHING.

Connection type BUSHING does not constrain any components of relative motion and uses local orientation definitions equivalent to combining connection types PROJECTION CARTESIAN and PROJECTION FLEXION-TORSION.

Limitation

In Abaqus/Explicit, if the total flexion angle vanishes, connector motion cannot be applied to the flexion component of motion.

Summary

BUSHING
Basic, assembled, or complex:	Assembled
Kinematic constraints:	None
Constraint force and moment output:	None
Available components:	$u_1,u_2,u_3,u{r}_1,u{r}_2,u{r}_3$
Kinetic force and moment output:	$f_1,f_2,f_3,m_1,m_2,m_3$
Orientation at a:	Required
Orientation at b:	Optional
Connector stops:	$l_1^{min}\le x\le l_1^{max},$
	$l_2^{min}\le y\le l_2^{max},$
	$l_3^{min}\le z\le l_3^{max}$
	${\theta }_1^{min}\le {\alpha }_1\le {\theta }_1^{max},$
	${\theta }_2^{min}\le {\alpha }_2\le {\theta }_2^{max},$
	${\theta }_3^{min}\le \beta \le {\theta }_3^{max}$
Constitutive reference lengths and angles:	$l_1^{ref},l_2^{ref},l_3^{ref}$
	${\theta }_1^{ref},{\theta }_2^{ref},{\theta }_3^{ref}$
Predefined friction parameters:	None
Contact force for predefined friction:	None