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Summary of Connectors

Connector Type

Study Type

Geometric Entities

Reference Geometry Type

Required Input

Bearing

Static, buckling, frequency, and dynamic

Cylindrical faces and circular shell edges

N/A

Rigid or flexible (lateral and axial stiffnesses)

Bolt

Static and nonlinear

Bolt faces, nut faces, and cylindrical faces of the holes. Entities can be from one or different components.

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, buckling, frequency, and dynamic

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 and buckling

Faces of solids of a part or assembly

N/A

Normal and tangential stiffnesses

Link

Static, buckling, frequency, dynamic, and nonlinear

Two vertices or reference points from different components

Reference points

N/A

Pin

Static, buckling, frequency, dynamic, and nonlinear

Coaxial (full or partial) cylindrical faces and edges from shell surfaces. Entities can be from one or two different components.

N/A

Axial stiffness if the pin can translate, and tangential stiffness if the pin can rotate.

Rigid

Static, buckling, frequency, dynamic, and nonlinear

Faces of solids from different components.

N/A

N/A

Spot Welds

Static, buckling, frequency, and dynamic

Two shell faces or a solid face and a shell face.

Reference points

Spot weld diameter

Spring

Static, buckling, frequency, dynamic, and nonlinear

Planar parallel faces, concentric cylindrical faces from different components. Two vertices or reference points from one, or two different components. For nonlinear studies, you can only select vertices or reference points to define a Spring.

Reference points for point-to-point spring

Normal and tangential stiffnesses

Spring Damper

Modal time history

Two vertices or reference points from one, or two different components.

Reference points

Axial, lateral, rotational stiffnesses and coefficient of viscous damping

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