Bolt failure simulation on the steel beam and column connection in Abaqus

In this tutorial Bolt failure simulation on the steel beam and column connection in Abaqus has been investigated. The bolts, steel beam, and column are modeled as three-dimensional parts. You can see a figure of the assembled parts at below

The steel structure is an assemblage of different members such as beam, column, plate, which need to be fastened or connected to one another. The basic goal of connection design is to produce a joint that is safe, economical and simple. It is also important to standardize the connections in a structure and to detail it in such a way that it allows sufficient clearance and adjustment to accommodate any lack of fit, resist corrosion, it easy to maintain and provides the reasonable appearance

Because of the bolt or column failure, the steel is modeled as elastic-plastic material with ductile and shear damage criterion to observe damage and failure on the parts. The dynamic explicit step is appropriate for this type of analysis because of the large deformation it can’t be done with standard analysis with the static solver. The surface to surface interaction among all parts is considered. The friction coefficient and hard contact property are assigned as contact property. The fixed boundary condition for the end of the column and displacement as a load for the beam is assigned with the smooth step amplitude. All parts need to have a proper mesh and to achieve it, it needs to use many partitions in all parts to make a good mesh. After the simulation, the stress, strain, damage, failure, and other results can be available. The beam has a movement along Z direction and it causes huge damage on bolts and because of it some bolts failed and removed from the structure

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