22-10-2012, 03:38 PM
Cantilever Beam
Cantilever Beam.ppt (Size: 965 KB / Downloads: 26)
Element type
It is important to define the element type for the beam. For this problem we will use pipe elastic straight 16. PIPE16 is a uniaxial element with tension-compression, torsion, and bending capabilities. The element has six degrees of freedom at two nodes: translations in the nodal x, y, and z directions and rotations about the nodal x, y, and z axes. This element is based on the 3-D beam element (BEAM4), and includes simplifications due to its symmetry and standard pipe geometry.
Analysis type
To start the solution phase it is important to set the type of analysis.
We will perform a static analysis since we only want stresses and deflections. To select analysis type click:
FEM Solution & Plotting Results
Now we already developed the geometry, Loads & Displacements and the meshing. We will start with the finite element analysis and obtain the displacements and stresses on the key points.
After make the FEM solution we are able to plot the results, in this case the displacements and stresses.