*HEADING Analysis of automotive boot seal. *SYMMETRIC MODEL GENERATION,REVOLVE,ELEMENT=20000,NODE=20000 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 360., 24, *NODE 9998, 0.0000E+00,-3.3000E+01, 0.0000E+00 9999, 0.0000E+00,-3.3000E+01, 0.0000E+00 *RIGID BODY,ANALYTICAL SURFACE=SHAFT,REF NODE=9999 *SURFACE,TYPE=REVOLUTION,NAME=SHAFT 0.,0.,0., 0.,1.,0. START, 14.,120. LINE, 14.,0. *CONTACT PAIR,INTERACTION=SHAFT_C BOOT_IN,SHAFT *SURFACE INTERACTION, NAME=SHAFT_C *SURFACE BEHAVIOR,AUGMENTED *BOUNDARY MGS,1,3 9998,1,6 9999,1,6 *orientation,name=ori1 1,0,0, 0,0,-1 3,0 *orientation,name=ori2 1,0,0, 0,0,-1 3,0 *element,type=conn3d2,elset=conn 501,9998,9999 *CONNECTOR SECTION, ELSET=conn join,flex ori1,ori2 ** PERFORM INTERFERENCE FIT BETWEEN SHAFT AND BOOT *STEP,NLGEOM *STATIC .25,1. *CONTACT INTERFERENCE, SHRINK BOOT_IN,SHAFT *PRINT,CONTACT=YES, solve=yes *Output, field, variable=PRESELECT, freq=10 *Output, history, variable=PRESELECT, freq=10 *END STEP ** ROTATE SHAFT 20 DEGREES (.349 RADIANS) *STEP,NLGEOM,UNSYMM=YES *STATIC .1,1. *BOUNDARY,OP=NEW MGS,1,3 9998,1,6 *CONNECTOR MOTION 501,4,0.349 501,5,0. 501,6,0. *OUTPUT,FIELD,FREQ=10 *NODE OUTPUT U,RF *ELEMENT OUTPUT S,LE *CONTACT OUTPUT CSTRESS,CDISP *print, solve=yes *END STEP ** ** ROTATE INCLINED SHAFT AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE ** *STEP,NLGEOM,UNSYMM=YES *STATIC .1,1. *CONNECTOR MOTION 501,4,0.349 501,5,0. ** ** The shaft can't be rotated more than 180 degrees ** due to limitations in flexion-torsion connector elements. ** Only 30 degrees circumferential rotation is specidied below. 501,6,0.523 *print, solve=yes *END STEP