Shear Forces from RBE2 Bolts

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Altair Forum User
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edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi All, 

 

We have utilised RBE2 elements to simulate the bolts in the model. One of the desired output from the model is Shear Forces in the bolts. Our existing approach is to output GPFORCE values and extract FBD section summary of the nodes for resultant forces & moments in the RBE2 Spider (representing the bolt). Considering the size of the model (and high number of bolts) and .op2 file, the process is extremely time consuming. 

 

We would be grateful, if someone can recommend a quicker process to extract the shear forces from the bolts. 

 

Kind Regards 

 

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