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Fastener Modeling for Joining Composite Parts, Alexander Rutman, Chris Boshers (Spirit AeroSystems), Larry Pearce, John Parady (MSC.Software Corporation), To Be Presented at the 2009 Americas Virtual Product Development Conference, April 21-22, 2009, Phoenix, AZ Fastener Modeling for Joining Parts Modeled by Shell and Solid Elements, Alexander Rutman, Chris Boshers (Spirit AeroSystems), Larry Pearce, John Parady (MSC.Software Corporation), 2007 Americas Virtual Product Development Conference, October 11-12, 2007, Detroit, MI Fastener Modeling for MSC.Nastran Finite Element Analysis, Alexander Rutman, Adrian Viisoreanu (Boeing), John Parady (MSC.Software Corporation), 2000 World Aviation Conference, October 10-12, 2000, AIAA-2000-01-5585
Objective
Develop an FEM representation of a fastener installed through multiple metal and composite plates.
Accurately represent fastener behavior Rapid model preparation of each fastener Can be used with parts modeled by shell elements with isotropic or orthotropic material properties, parts modeled by solid elements with isotropic properties, or any combination of these parts Accounts for the effects of variable bearing stiffness of a fastener composite plate interface
RBE2
CBUSH Elements
1st plate
Shell Element
Solid Element
3rd plate
S xbt = S ybt =
1 1 + E Ecf
2
Fastener
t p1 t p2 t p3 t p4 df
S xbr = S ybr
tp 1 = 12 1 2 1 + E Ecf
E Ecf
100%
-13.65 -3.10
Et 1 2
S xbt =
i =1
ti 1 1 + ( Q11i ) Ecf
S ybt =
i =1
ti 1 1 + (i Q22) Ecf
mi = cos i ni = sin i
(i (i Q66) = G12)
Where,
( (i (i (i (i Q11i ) = Q11) mi4 + 2 Q12) + 2Q66) mi2 ni2 + Q22) ni4 ( (i Q22i ) = Q11) ni4
(i ) 11
( + 2(Q
(i ) 22
(i ) 12
(i + 2Q66)
( E 2i )
) )m n
2 i
2 i
(i + Q22) mi4
E1(i ) 1
(i ) 12 (i ) 21
(i (i 1 12) 21)
(i ) 12
Ecf
( Q11i )
- compression modulus of fastener material - transformed reduced stiffness for ply i in the x-direction
S ybr =
My
Centroid Location
The bearing stiffness in the joint depends on the direction of the fastener reactions. Because these directions are not known prior to running the model, an iterative procedure is required to accurately determine fastener reactions. For composite plates with variable in-plane stiffnesses, the spring analogy used in this analysis does not take coupling between transverse displacements into account. The error induced by this approximation is expected to be small and will decrease with each iteration.
Run FEM
No
Initial Run?
Not Converged
Yes
Converged
100 lb Fasteners
FEM Isoview
90
100 lb
100 lb
100 lb
An MSC.Nastran procedure for automatically iterating the process is very desirable to increase the speed of the analysis.
Conclusions
The fastener modeling technique developed for isotropic materials has been extended to models containing composite plates. The previous formulae for computing bearing stiffnesses for fasteners in a metal plate has been modified to better account for plate behavior. Due to the variation of in-plane stiffnesses of a composite material, an iterative procedure is necessary to accurately determine fastener loads. An automated PCL procedure is under development to quickly and easily create fastener representations in MSC Patran.
Contact Details :
For further information please contact Alexander Rutman 316-523-7048 alexander.rutman@spiritaero.com Chris Boshers 316-523-0374 chris.boshers@spiritaero.com Spirit AeroSystems P.O. Box 780008 Mail Zone K78-20 Wichita KS, 67230 USA John Parady 817-481-4812, ext. 15 john.parady@mscsoftware.com Larry Pearce 770-252-6560 larry.pearce@mscsoftware.com MSC.Software 2 MacArthur Place Santa Ana, CA 92707 USA
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