2D STATIC ANALYSIS OF CANTILEVER BEAM

Problem : 1000 N

10 mm
100 mm 40 mm

Material properties:

Young’s modulus E = 210,000 Mpa

Poisson’s ratio ν = 0.3

Step – 1:

Module: Part → create part → Name: CantileverBeam → Modelling space: 2D planar →

Type: Deformable → Base feature: Shell → continue

Create lines → make 100 × 10 mm rectangle using drawing tools (rectangle, add dimension
etc) → Done

Step – 2 :

Module: Property → Create material → Edit material dialog box → Name: Steel ,
Mechanical → elasticity → elastic , type: Isotropic , Young’s Modulus: 210000, Poisson’s
Ratio:0.3 → ok

Create section → Name: BeamSection → Category: Solid → Type: homogeneous →

continue

Edit section dialog box → check box Plane stress/strain thickness: 40 → ok

Assign section → select the rectugular → done

Edit section assignment → ok

Step – 3 :

Module : Assembly → create instance → instance type : dependent mesh on part → ok

Step – 4 :

Module : step → create step → procedure type : general → static, general → continue
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Edit step dialog box → ok

Step – 5 :

Module : Load → create boundary condition → Name : Cantilever → step : initial →

category : mechanical , types for selected step : symmetry/antisymmetry/encastre → continue
→ select left edge of rectangular → Done → check ENCASTRE → ok

Create Load → Name : TransverseLoad → step : step -1 → category : Mechanical → Types

for selected step : Concerntrated Force → continue → select the right side edge point of
rectangular by mouse → Done → → edit load dialog box → CF2 : -1000 → ok

Step – 6 :

Module : Mesh → toggle Part → seed part → approxiamte global size : 2 → ok

Element Type → Family: Plane stress → ok

Mesh part → Yes

Step – 7 :

Module : Job → create job → Name : 2D_Solution → continue → ok

Job manager → submit → show completed → results

Step – 8 :

Module : Visualization → plot contours on deformed shape → Top ribbon → from

dropdowns → Primary , U , U2

XY Data: ODB field output → Variables, Position: Unique Nodal , check U2 →

Element/Nodes, Edit selection : Select right side edge point → plot

U2 = -5.002e-1

Hand calculation:

𝑃𝐿3
𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝛿 =
3𝐸𝐼
𝑏𝑑 3
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐼 =
12

Query information (i written icon in blue circle) → Visualization in module queries → probe
values → prode : nodes → drag cursor to middle point of rectangular plate → at (2000,1000)
U3 = -144.657