- Click Mesh.
- Pick volumes 1, 2, and 3 and click OK in the picking menu.
- Close the MeshTool dialog box.
- Select Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Numbering.
- Choose Material numbers for Elem/Attrib numbering and clickOK.
- Select Utility Menu> Plot> Elements.
- Select Main Menu> Preprocessor> Sections> Pretension> Pretensn Mesh> With Options> Divide at
Valu> Elements in Volu.
- Pick volume 1 and click OK in the picker.
- Enter the following information in the dialog box and click OK:
NAME: Example
KCN: Global Cartesian
KDIR: Z-axis
VALUE: 0.5
ECOMP: elems
- Select Utility Menu> Select> Comp/Assembly> Create Component.
- Enter Line for the Component name (Cname).
- Choose Lines for the Entity and click OK.
- Select Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> View Settings> Magnification.
- Choose User Specified.
- Enter 1.1 for the User specified distance and click OK.
- Select Utility Menu> Plot> Components> Selected Components.
2.8.4.7. Solution: Apply Pretension
- Select Main Menu> Solution> Analysis Type> Sol'n Controls.
- Click on the Sol'n Options tab.
- Choose Precondition CG under Equation Solvers and click OK.
- Select Utility Menu> Select> Entities.
- Choose Areas, By Location, and Y-coordinates and click OK.
- Select Main Menu> Solution> Define Loads> Apply> Structural> Displacement> Symmetry B.C.>
On Areas.
- Click Pick All.
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Defining Pretension in a Joint Fastener
