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ANSYS TUTORIAL Analysis of a Beam with a Distributed Load Copyright 2001-2002, John R. Baker In this tutorial, you will model and analyze the beam below in ANSYS. Step-by-step instructions are provided beginning on the following page. If you run into problems with these instructions, feel free to contact: John Baker; Phone: 270-534-6342; Email: jbaker@engr.uky.edu The steps that will be followed are: Preprocessing: 1. Change Jobname. 2. Define element type. 3. Define real constants. 4. Define material properties. 5. Create keypoints. (5 total) 6. Create lines between keypoints. (4 total) 7. Specify element division length. 8. Mesh the lines Solution: 9. Apply constraints and loads to the model. 10. Solve. Postprocessing: 11. Plot deformed shape. 12. List reaction forces. 13. List the deflections. 13. Exit the ANSYS program. _____________________________________________________________________________ Notes: Moment of Inertia, I = 394 in4 (enter as IZZ in ANSYS); Cross-sectional area, A=14.7 in2; Height = 12.19 in; Modulus of Elasticity, E=30E6 psi (enter as EX in ANSYS); (=0.29 (enter as NUXY in ANSYS). Note: The instructions below do not provide every single mouse click, but, hopefully all steps needed will be apparent from the instructions. Also, as noted in other tutorials, the commands can be entered directly at the command line instead of using the menu picks. In this tutorial, however, the commands are not provided. They can be determined, however, by selecting “HELP” on a related dialogue box. If something is not clear, please ask. Preprocessing: 1. Change jobname: File - Change Jobname Enter “beam2”, and click on “OK”. (or choose some other Jobname) 2. Define element types: Preprocessor - Element Type - Add/Edit/Delete Click on “Add..”, highlight “Beam”, then “2D elastic”, click on “OK”, then “Close”. Note that in ANSYS this element is sometimes referred to as “BEAM3”, because it is element type 3 in the ANSYS element library. 3. Define the r