Tutorial - Solving 2D Truss problem using Mechanical APDL (ANSYS)?

This is our problem which we are going to solve. In initial step we will identify the keypoints. The keypoints are

1. 0 0 0
2. 3000 3000 0
3. 6000 0 0
4. 0 3000 0
5. 6000 3000 0
6. 3000 6000 0
7. 0 6000 0
8. 6000 6000 0
9. 0 9000 0
10. 3000 9000 0
11. 6000 9000 0
12. 0 12000 0
13. 3000 12000 0
14. 6000 12000 0
15. 3000 15000 0

    6 Answers

    In general, a finite element solution may be broken into the following three stages.

    1. Preprocessing: defining the problem;
    - Define keypoints/lines/areas/volumes
    - Define element type and material/geometric properties
    - Mesh lines/areas/volumes as required

    2. Solution: assigning loads, constraints and solving;

    3. Postprocessing:
    - Lists of nodal displacements
    - Element forces and moments
    - Deflection plots
    - Stress contour diagrams

    We will go through these and solve the problem. I will suggest you to go through this tutorial before solving this problem. http://grabcad.com/questions/tutorial-2d-truss-analysis-in-mechanical-apdl-ansys-part-1

    Answered with a tutorial: https://grabcad.com/tutorials/tutorial-solving-2d-truss-problem-using-mechanical-apdl-ansys

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    long waited for ansys tutorial ...it's nice !!!

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    Sir .how can I calculate wear on pin on disk model by using archard equation in ansys workbench

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    • Imam Syafaat
      Imam Syafaat 19 Sep, 2015 02:32 AM

      there is no wear modeling in ansys. if you consider archard eq. you may use the updating geometry in ansys.

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      how to draw line in APDL? I already have the data. I need to measure the deformation of surface roughness. hopefully you can help me. My email is dellaeri.86@gmail.com. Please contact me.

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