Applying Bolt Forces

You can apply a bolt force to tighten a physical or virtual bolt so that it carries a specified axial tension load.

Before you begin: To apply loads on virtual bolts, the bolt definition must include the Allow preload option.
See Also
About Bolt Forces
Creating Tabular Amplitudes
In Other Guides
Support Selection
Feature Manager
Defining Meshed Bolt Sections
  1. From the Loads section of the action bar, click Bolt Force .
  2. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  3. Select the supports in the model.

    You can apply a bolt load to either a virtual bolt connection or a meshed bolt section.

  4. Enter a magnitude in the Load field.

    If the support contains multiple bolts, this magnitude is applied to each of the bolts.

  5. Optional: Enter a Scale factor that is applied to the magnitude in each step.
  6. Optional: Select an Amplitude that defines the magnitude during the step.
  7. Optional: For harmonic response steps, specify the Phase angle for the amplitude curve. The phase angle determines the real (in-phase) and imaginary (out-of-phase) parts of the magnitude. A phase angle of 0ยบ indicates a value with no imaginary component.
  8. Click OK.