Year 2013

Advanced Structural Mechanics

Final Exam NAKAHATA Kazuyuki

Deadline 5:PM, Feb. 15th Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ehime University, Japan By Lusman

Problem Description
The simple model of the cantilever beam with the central force P=200N at the end of the cantilever beam as seen in figure 1.

Figure 1. Simple model of the cantilever beam.

Solution.
To solve the problem above, here I used the Nastran and the Abaqus finite element analysis.

1. The Nastran finite analysis By using Nastran finite element analysis, the result of the displacement at the end of the simple beam was -0.00929m. it can be shown in figure 2.

Figure 2. Displacement at the end of the simple cantilever beam by using Nastran finite element analysis.

2. The Abaqus finite element analysis By using Abaqus finite element analysis, the result of the displacement at the end of the simple beam was -0.00993m. it can be shown in figure 3.

Figure 3. Displacement at the end of the simple cantilever beam by using Abaqus finite element analysis.

For both of Nastran and Abaqus finite element analysis used static analysis equation is

where,

therefore, it is reasonable the displcement results will be similar to analytical result.