Simulating a bolt pulling through a slot Creo 10.0.7.0

[vincecatlin]

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.

 

 

[skunks · Accepted solution]

my suggestion

[vincecatlin]

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