Add adhesives (stiffness) to local regions using existing tubular parts.
Selected parts must conform to a tubular cylindrical shape. SimSolid will extract the centerline of the cylindrical part then
create an adhesive region of a specified width in the gap between the parts that the
tube overlaps.Note: Material of an adhesive is assumed to be linear. If there is a
stress-strain curve associated with the material, it will not be used. Adhesives can
be applied in all types of non-linear analyses
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On the Project Tree, click
on the Connections workbench
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On the Connections workbench, select the
(Create adhesive connections from solids/lines) icon.
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In the dialog, define adhesive width.
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Under Create from solids, use one of the following options to select parts on
the model:
| Option |
Process |
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| Select solids which represent adhesive |
- Choose the Select solids which represent
adhesive radio button.
- In the modeling window, select solids.
They will appear in a list in the dialog.
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| Find solids by keyword |
- Choose the Find solids by keyword radio
button.
- Type the part name into the Part name contains: text box.
- Click Find solids. A list of solids
containing the part name you typed will appear in the
dialog.
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Click the Find connections button to find the
connections between selected parts.
This will examine the parts and convert all that are recognized into
adhesive lines of the specified width.
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Define Adhesive material name.
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Click OK.