Abstract
Bolted joints are mainly used for the fastening of mechanical structures. They should be designed to minimize failure and noise and to maintain a high level of performance by considering various design parameters such as bolt dimensions, positions, materials, bolt pre-tensions, external loads, etc. For this purpose, it is effective to use finite element analysis because repeated performance evaluations while varying the design parameters is necessary to complete the design of the bolt fastener. This paper describes an automation tool developed for use in the repeated structural analysis and evaluation of bolted joints under the influence of various factors. The automation tool is based on ANSYS APDL (ANSYS parametric design language) and is developed in conjunction with a UI environment using Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic. It automatically performs the finite element modeling and structural analysis of the bolted joints according to the input variables, and the results are evaluated based on the VDI 2230 standard. Finally, the performance of the automation tool was verified through the application examples.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 149-158 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, A |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Bolted joint
- Multi-bolted joint
- Pre-tension
- Single-bolted joint
- Structural analysis
- VDI 2230