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Connector Type |
Study Type |
Geometric Entities |
Reference Geometry Type |
Required Input |
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Bearing |
Static, buckling, and frequency |
Cylindrical faces and circular shell edges. |
N/A |
Rigid or flexible (lateral and axial stiffnesses). |
|
Bolt |
Static and nonlinear |
Bolt faces, nut faces from a different component if a nut is present, and cylindrical faces of the holes. |
For a grounded bolt, select a reference plane. |
Elastic modulus and Poisson's Ratio of the bolt material, and the shank diameter. |
|
Edge Weld |
Static |
Set1: Face of a shell or sheet metal body
Set2: Face of a shell, sheet metal, or solid body. |
N/A |
Material for the electrode with predefined weld strength. |
|
Elastic Support |
Static, buckling, and frequency |
Faces of solids of a part or assembly. |
N/A |
Normal and tangential stiffnesses. |
|
Link |
Static, buckling, frequency, and nonlinear |
Two vertices or reference points from different components. |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Pin |
Static, buckling, frequency, and nonlinear |
Coaxial (full or partial) cylindrical faces and edges from shell surfaces from different components. |
N/A |
Axial stiffness if the pin can translate and tangential stiffness if the pin can rotate. |
|
Rigid |
Static, buckling, frequency, and nonlinear |
Faces of solids from different components. |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Spot Welds |
Static, buckling, and frequency |
Two shell faces or a solid face and a shell face. |
Reference points. |
Spot weld diameter. |
|
Spring |
Static, buckling, frequency, and nonlinear |
Planar parallel faces, concentric cylindrical faces from different components. Two vertices or reference points from one, or two different components.
|
N/A |
Normal and tangential stiffnesses. |
|
Spring Damper |
Modal time history |
Two vertices or reference points from one, or two different components.
|
N/A |
Axial, lateral, rotational stiffnesses and coefficient of viscous damping. |