I have a simple bracket which is supposed to be bolted to a horizontal floor. See image for an example.
I would like to do some finite element analysis on the bracket.
A force is applied on the bracket vertically up.
How do I set-up the constraints properly? If I simply constraint the bottom surface of the bracket, the results are wrong, because in reality the bracket will only be constrained to the floor where the bolts are going into the floor!
If I only constrain a surface region on the top surface of the bracket where the bolt is touching the bracket, then its also no good, because in reality the bracket is unable to bend downwards (into the floor).
I would like to do it in part mode in CREO 2 simulate (and not assembly mode, where I would simply model a floor and bolt, because I only want to see deformations of the bracket).
Please help..
