BUSHING

Connection type BUSHING provides a bushing-like connection between two nodes. It cannot be used in two-dimensional or axisymmetric analyses.

Related Topics
Connector elements
Connector element library
In Other Guides
*CONNECTOR BEHAVIOR
*CONNECTOR SECTION

ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/ExplicitAbaqus/CAE

Description

Figure 1. Connection type BUSHING.

Connection type BUSHING does not constrain any components of relative motion and uses local orientation definitions equivalent to combining connection types PROJECTION CARTESIAN and PROJECTION FLEXION-TORSION.

Summary

BUSHING
Basic, assembled, or complex: Assembled
Kinematic constraints: None
Constraint force and moment output: None
Available components: u1,u2,u3,ur1,ur2,ur3
Kinetic force and moment output: f1,f2,f3,m1,m2,m3
Orientation at a: Required
Orientation at b: Optional
Connector stops: l1minxl1max,
  l2minyl2max,
  l3minzl3max
  θ1minα1θ1max,
  θ2minα2θ2max,
  θ3minβθ3max
Constitutive reference lengths and angles: l1ref,l2ref,l3ref
  θ1ref,θ2ref,θ3ref
Predefined friction parameters: None
Contact force for predefined friction: None