View the bolt forces, cross-sectional stress in the bolt, or bolt failure
criterion.
One common rule of thumb is to load the bolt to 70% of its tensile strength. This
topic will help enable best practices.
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In the Project Tree, open
the Analysis Workbench.
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Use one of the following methods to visualize the bolt load.
Action |
Process |
View bolt forces |
- On the workbench toolbar, click the (Bolt/nut resultant forces)
icon.
- In the modeling window, click on either
a nut or a bolt to see forces listed in the Bolt/nut
forces dialog.
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View cross-sectional stress in the bolt |
- On the workbench toolbar, click (Results plot)
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Note: When the resultant axial force of the bolt/nut deviatess by over 10%, the
following occurs:
- In the Project Tree, a warning icon appears
next to the Results branch. Right-click on the
Results and select
Warnings to view.
- In the Bolt/Nut
forces dialog, bolts/nuts with significant deviation are
marked in red and deviation from the target is listed.