Beam Apdl
Beam Apdl
Beam Apdl
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Following steps were followed to get BMD and SFD using
ANSYS.
Step 1:
Enter Keypoints in Ansys by path, Preprocessor-Modeling-CreateKeypoints-In Active CS
Keypoint
1
2
3
X
0
2
5
Y
0
0
0
Step 2: Create line through keypoints by path Preprocessor-ModelingCreate-Lines-Lines-In Active Coord. Following window will appear.
We are going to give the properties of steel. Enter the following field:
EX 2e8 Pa.
Set these properties and click on 'OK'. Note: You may obtain the note
'PRXY will be set to 0.0'. This is poisson's ratio and is not required for
this element type. Click 'OK' on the window to continue. Close the
"Define Material Model Behavior" by clicking on the 'X' box in the upper
right hand corner.
Step 5: Defining the Mesh attributes
Go to Meshing-Mesh Attributes-Picked lines and select all the lines and
following window will appear.
Define element edge length of 0.005 and click O.K. The finer division
helps us to get smooth BMD and SFD.
Step 7: Mesh
Now the BEAM can be meshed.
In the 'Preprocessor' menu select Meshing > Mesh > Lines and click
'Pick All' in the 'Mesh Lines' Window
Your model should now appear as shown in the following window
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After selecting all the elements click O.K Following window will appear.
Here you need to pay attention to Load key Option, this defines the
direction of load depending on beam orientation. For the present
problem enter 2 and pressure load as shown below.
Once the solution is done the following window will pop up. Click
'Close' and close the /STATUS Command Window..
NOW we got output for BMD. Similarly get values for SFD and your element table
should look like this.
The BMD is
shown
below.
We can see that max value is 50KNm and it is equal to theoretical value.
Similary select following options for SFD and click O.K