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8. Main menu: Preprocessor > Loads > Define Loads > Apply > Structural >
Displacement > On Nodes
a. Pick node 1 and click Apply
b. Select All DOF against Lab2 DOFs to be constrained (deselect UX, UZ, ROTX
and ROTY) and enter a value of 0 for displacement value and click OK
9. Main menu: Preprocessor > Loads > Define Loads > Apply > Structural > Force/
Moment > On Nodes
a. Pick node 2 and click Apply
b. Select FY and enter -40e3 for value of Force/Moment and click Ok
Processing
10.Main menu: Solution > Solve > Current LS
a. Click OK in the form displayed Solve current load step
b. Click Close in the form displayed note
Post-processing
11.Main menu: General postproc > List results > Nodal solution
a. Select DOF solution in the form List nodal solution
b. Select Displacement vector sum in the sub menu of DOF solution
c. Click OK and close the form after noting the results
12.Main menu > General postproc > Plot results > Contour plot > Nodal solution
a. Click MEMBER
b. Click OK and note the plot of stress values
Reference
1. https://sites.google.com/site/onlinefiniteelement/ansys-tutorials/ansys-1d-
structural-beam-tutorial
Department of _MME Even Semester 2016-17The
LNM IIT, Jaipur