Key work
- Surface-to-surface contact and pretension modelling.
- Bearing-bypass ratio extraction and reconciliation with closed-form.
- Mesh and friction sensitivity study.
- Hand-calc workbook reconciled with FE.
← Solid Mechanics
2020
Non-linear FEA of Bolted Joints
Contact-based non-linear FE study on load transfer through metallic bolted joints. Compares bearing-bypass distribution against classical hand-calc methods and lookup data.
- Abaqus
- Contact
- Bolted Joints
- Hand Calcs