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CHALLENGES

SIMULATION METHODOLOGY BENEFITS and /or VALIDATIONS

TECHNOLOGY USED

Business/Industry Challenge

Experimentally evaluating an elegant methodology for FE

analysis of bolted joint with O-rings as sealing agents,

without explicitly modeling the O-ring.

Simulation Methodology Used

• The load deflection characteristic of O-ring is indirectly

introduced in simulation through experimental

measurements.

ANSYS Mechanical Version 13

Benefits/Results Achieved

• The absence of explicit simulation of O-ring gives ease in

modeling and analysis without any loss of vital

information.

• The applicability of approach is experimentally

demonstrated.

Experimental Evaluation of ANSYS Based Procedure for Bolted Joints with O-rings

P. B. Godbole and Pankaj D. Mahajan