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Re: Direction of fastener shear force

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Charles,

 

Here is a response from PTC technical support engineering.  This will give you xyz resultants for shear loads, and then you will have to figure out the direction.  PTC does not have shear direction out-of-the-box.

 

 

"I did not find any official/supported method to achieve this with standard exposed functionality, but I found an environment variable (not documented & not something technical support supports) that might help.  Try adding MECH_BOLT_COMP_OUTPUT environment variable (figures out the force components in the bolt) set to TRUE, rerun, and check the PAS file (Checkpoints tab in Run Status window).  You will see something along these lines:"

 

Fastener2_shear_force-x (local)  -1.386979e-01

Fastener2_shear_force-y (local)  -4.986981e+01

Fastener2_shear_force-z (local)  -4.984188e+01

Fastener2_shear_force-x (WCS)  -4.986981e+01

Fastener2_shear_force-y (WCS)  1.386979e-01

Fastener2_shear_force-z (WCS)  -4.984188e+01

Fastener4_shear_force-x (local)  -3.724828e-02

Fastener4_shear_force-y (local)  -5.013019e+01

Fastener4_shear_force-z (local)  -5.015812e+01

Fastener4_shear_force-x (WCS)  -5.013019e+01

Fastener4_shear_force-y (WCS)  3.724828e-02

Fastener4_shear_force-z (WCS)  -5.015812e+01

 

"I also found MECH_PRINT_INTERFACE_MEAS that can be set to YES (TRUE might also work) and will output interface values (not bolt values).  I discovered it in this article: https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS148379   

 

This might be handy if you have Frictionless Interface unchecked in the fastener definition so that the interface carries some of the shear instead of just the fastener. 

 

Here is example PAS output with one of my fasteners having frictionless interface and another not having it enabled:"

 

Fastener2_shear_force-x (local)  -1.983851e-01

Fastener2_shear_force-y (local)  -4.056583e+01

Fastener2_shear_force-z (local)  -4.053955e+01

Fastener2_shear_force-x (WCS)  -4.056583e+01

Fastener2_shear_force-y (WCS)  1.983851e-01

Fastener2_shear_force-z (WCS)  -4.053955e+01

Fastener4_shear_force-x (local)  -1.627074e-01

Fastener4_shear_force-y (local)  -2.522337e+00

Fastener4_shear_force-z (local)  -2.572929e+00

Fastener4_shear_force-x (WCS)  -2.522337e+00

Fastener4_shear_force-y (WCS)  1.627074e-01

Fastener4_shear_force-z (WCS)  -2.572929e+00

 

Begin Contact Pressure Calculations Wed Aug 13, 2014  15:41:28

Fastener ID: 47638 (Load Set Number: 1)

Total Compressive Force: -99.6407

Total Tensile    Force: 99.7975

Total Area in Compression: 0.297238

Total Area in Tension: 0.29178

Total Bending Moment in Dir-1: 49.3189

Total Bending Moment in Dir-2: 49.5866

Total Shear Force in Dir-1: -56.8875

Total Shear Force in Dir-2: 56.9118

Total torsional Moment: -148.092

Fastener ID: 47630 (Load Set Number: 1)

Total Compressive Force: -98.4342

Total Tensile    Force: 98.6385

Total Area in Compression: 0.292075

Total Area in Tension: 0.296987

Total Bending Moment in Dir-1: 47.591

Total Bending Moment in Dir-2: 47.1749


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