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Problem Shown Below and To Then Use ANSYS To Find The Solution For Displacements and Stresses in This Truss

This document provides instructions for using ANSYS to analyze a simple truss problem. It describes creating an input file defining the truss geometry, material properties, loads and boundary conditions. It then lists the ANSYS commands to run the analysis, generate plots of deformed shape, stresses and displacements, and output element stress and volume tables.

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Problem Shown Below and To Then Use ANSYS To Find The Solution For Displacements and Stresses in This Truss

This document provides instructions for using ANSYS to analyze a simple truss problem. It describes creating an input file defining the truss geometry, material properties, loads and boundary conditions. It then lists the ANSYS commands to run the analysis, generate plots of deformed shape, stresses and displacements, and output element stress and volume tables.

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Using ANSYS - Simple truss problem

Objective: To prepare a text file defining the ANSYS FEM model for the simple truss
problem shown below and to then use ANSYS to find the solution for displacements
and stresses in this truss.

Note: with ANSYS Release 13 link1 has been replaced with link180.

1. Use Notepad to prepare a text file that contains the information shown below. Save
the file as 'truss1.txt'.

/FILNAM,truss
/title, Simple Truss
/prep7
n, 1, 25.0, 0.0, 0.0 ! Node 1 is located at (25.0, 0.0, 0.0)
n, 2, 0.0, 18.0, 0.0
n, 3, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
et, 1, link180 ! Element type; no.1 is link180
sectype, 1, link ! Type of cross section is link
secdata, 0.5 ! Cross sectional area = 0.5 sq in
mp, ex, 1, 3.e7 ! Material Properties, E for material no. 1
mp, prxy, 1, 0.3 ! & poisson's ratio for material no.1
r, 1, 0.5 ! 'Real Constant' number 1 is 0.5
! (Cross sectional area)
en, 1, 3, 1 ! Element Number 1 connects nodes 3 & 1
en, 2, 2, 1
d, 3, ux, 0. ! Displacement at node 3 in x-dir is zero
d, 3, uy, 0. ! Displacement at node 3 in y-dir is zero
d, 2, ux, 0.
d, 2, uy, 0.
f, 1, fy, -1000. ! Force at node 1 in y-direction is -1000.
finish
/solu ! Select static load solution
antype, static
solve
save
finish
/post1 ! Use 'ssum' to compute sums interactively
etable, Stress, ls, 1 ! Create a table of element stress values
etable, Volume, volum ! Create a table of element volumes

2. Start ANSYS and Select File > Working Directory set the directory for your
work.

3. Select File -> Read Input From (locate and select the file truss1.txt that you
prepared)

Once the solution has been computed,

4. Plot -> Elements

5. PlotCtls -> Numbering -> Node numbers ON, Element numbers ON

6. PlotCtls -> Symbols -> Applied B.C.'s

7. General Postprocessor -> Plot Results -> Deformed Shape -> Def. + Undef.
(Use PlotCtrls > Hard Copy > To Printer (or To File) to print or save your plots)

8. List -> Results -> Nodal Solution -> DOF Solution

9. General Postproc > List Results > Element Solution > Line Element Results >
Element Results > OK

10. List -> Results -> Element Table Data -> Stress, Volume

11. For additional Plot manipulation: PlotCtls -> Pan, Zoom, Rotate

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