topic Re: Simulating a bolt pulling through a slot Creo 10.0.7.0 in Analysis

Simulating a bolt pulling through a slot Creo 10.0.7.0

vincecatlin — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:55:41 GMT

The bolt shouldn't need a nut. I'm just pulling against the slot to see if we can simulate the failure.

I can't imagine that would need to create an imaginary nut for this. What is the best way to create a contact and maintain the cool bolt functionality? (without a nut and another imaginary part for the imaginary nut to connect to) The actual assembly does not have a nut at the end of this bolt and I'm not testing the "pull out" of this bolt in the other part - just the failure of the thin area of the slot.

Re: Simulating a bolt pulling through a slot Creo 10.0.7.0

skunks — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:10:17 GMT

my suggestion

Re: Simulating a bolt pulling through a slot Creo 10.0.7.0

vincecatlin — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:13:20 GMT

Thanks Skunk,

The symmetry mirror constraints are a great idea here. We can easily show the max stress.

The contact surface seems every bit as good as a "bolt" and doesn't need a nut on the other end.

Thanks again,

Vince