bolt (cylinder bar)
Restriction: Available in Abaqus, Nastran, and OptiStruct.
Abaqus
Creates a B31 element for the body and KINCOUP elements for the head elements.
Nastran and OptiStruct
Creates a CBEAM element for the body and RBE2 elements for the head elements.
This realization uses the prop_cylinder.tcl property script.
Figure 1.
Figure 1.