Hi,
I am working on my master's thesis, and I am new to Abaqus as well. I have cylindrical sections, as are generally present in wind turbine towers. Now I want to connect those sections. In practice, there are bolted connections that are used. But I want to avoid modeling the bolts and flanges. I just want to use the stiffness somehow to connect the two adjacent sections. But I am confused about which connector I can use. Or what is the ideal way to avoid modeling it as a fixed connection and keeping it close to a bolted connection?