TRUSS

1. Starting:

Click → start → ANSYS → ANSYS product launcher:

Launch – ANSYS Multiphysics

File management → browse the directory for saving and retrieving the files.

Click → run

2. Preferences → tick → structural → select h-method → ok

3. Title:

Utility menu → File → Change title → “Balcony Truss” → ok.

Utility menu → plot → replot

4. Element:

Main menu → Preprocessor → element type → add → add → structural → Link → 2D

spar 1 (LINK1) OR 3D finit stn 180 → ok

5. Real Constant:

Main menu → Preprocessor → real constant → add → ok → enter the c/s area ---

6. Material Properties:

Main menu → Preprocessor → material prop → material models → structural → linear

→ elastic → isotropic → enter EX = ----- & NUXY = --- → ok

7. Modeling:

(a) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → nodes → in active CS.

(b) Enter→ node number as 1 and its location (x,y,z values) → apply & continue for
other nodes → ok

 Note: ensure that no duplicate of node numbers are entered

(c) Utility menu → plot ctrls→ numbering → node numbers → ok

Utility menu → plot → nodes

(d) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → elements → auto
numbered → through nodes → select by cursor node 1& 2 → apply → select node -- &
-- → apply → repeat as per problem→ ok.

(e) Utility menu → plotctrls→ numbering → element numbers → ok

Utility menu → plot → elements

8. Boundary Conditions and Loads:

(a) Main menu → solution → define loads → apply → structural → displacement

→ on nodes → select by mouse node -- → select all DOF → ok

(b) Main menu → solution → define loads → apply → structural → force/moment

→ on nodes → select by mouse node --- → apply → enter value → ok

9. Solution:

Main menu → Solution → solve → current LS

10. Post Processing:

Gen. post processor → element table → define table → add → enter ETABLE as
axstress → select by sequ/num → select LS and enter 1 → apply

Main menu → Gen. post processor → element table → plot elem table → select
axstress → ok ( for plotting the axial stress in the members)

Main menu → Gen. post processor → element table → list elem table → select
axstress → ok ( for listing the axial stress in the members)

Gen. post processor →list results → nodal solution→ DOF →displacement vector sum
→ ok

Gen. post processor →list results → reaction solution→ all struc force f→ ok

Gen. post processor →plot results → cotour plot→ nodal solution→ DOF
→displacement vector sum → ok

Gen. post processor →plot results → cotour plot→ element table → list elem table →
select axstress → ok ( for ploting the axial stress in the members)
 PLATE

1. Starting:

Click → start → ANSYS → ANSYS product launcher:

Launch – ANSYS Multiphysics

File management → browse the directory for saving and retrieving the files.

Click → run

2. Preferences → tick → structural → select h-method → ok

3. Title:

Utility menu → File → Change title → “plate” → ok.

Utility menu → plot → replot

4. Element:

Main menu → Preprocessor → element type → add → add → solid → quad 4 node 182
→ ok → options →change element behavior to plane stress w/thk → ok

5. Real Constant:

Main menu → Preprocessor → real constant → add → ok → enter the thikness ---

6. Material Properties:

Main menu → Preprocessor → material prop → material models → structural → linear

→ elastic → isotropic → enter EX = ----- & NUXY = --- → ok

7. Modeling:

(a) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → nodes → in active CS.

(b) Enter→ node number as 1 and its location (x,y,z values) → apply & continue for
other nodes → ok

 Note: ensure that no duplicate of node numbers are entered

(c) Utility menu → plot ctrls→ numbering → node numbers → ok

Utility menu → plot → nodes

(d) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → elements →element
attribute → change target shape to 3 node triangle → ok.

auto numbered → through nodes → select by cursor node 1, 2 & 3 (for triangle plate if
sq plate given select 1 2 3 & 1 4 3)→ ok.

(e) Utility menu → plotctrls→ numbering → element numbers → ok

Utility menu → plot → elements

8. Boundary Conditions and Loads:

(a) Main menu → solution → define loads → apply → structural → displacement

→ on nodes → select by mouse node -- → select all DOF → ok

(b) Main menu → solution → define loads → apply → structural → force/moment

→ on nodes → select by mouse node --- → apply → enter value → ok

9. Solution:

Main menu → Solution → solve → current LS

10. Post Processing:

Gen. post processor → element table → define table → add → select Stress → select
Sx → apply → select Sy→ apply→ select Sxy → ok

Gen. post processor →list results → nodal solution→ DOF →displacement vector sum
→ ok

Gen. post processor →list results → reaction solution→ all struc force f→ ok

Gen. post processor →plot results → cotour plot→ nodal solution→ DOF
→displacement vector sum → ok

Gen. post processor →plot results → cotour plot→ stress→ von mises stress→ ok
 BEAM

1. Starting:

Click → start → ANSYS → ANSYS product launcher:

Launch – ANSYS Multiphysics

File management → browse the directory for saving and retrieving the files.

Click → run

2. Preferences → tick → structural → select h-method → ok

3. Title:

Utility menu → File → Change title → “beam” → ok.

Utility menu → plot → replot

4. Element:

Main menu → Preprocessor → element type → add → add → solid → 3d elastic

OR 2 node 188 → ok

5. Section:

Main menu → Preprocessor → section → beam → common section → enter the values
as per section given → ok

6. Material Properties:

Main menu → Preprocessor → material prop → material models → structural → linear

→ elastic → isotropic → enter EX = ----- & NUXY = --- → ok

7. Modeling:

(a) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → nodes OR key points→ in

active CS. (If key points created apply meshing after joining)

(b) Enter→ node number as 1 and its location (x,y,z values) → apply & continue for
other nodes → ok

 Note: ensure that no duplicate of node numbers are entered

(c) Utility menu → plot ctrls→ numbering → node numbers → ok

Utility menu → plot → nodes

(d) Main menu → Preprocessor → Modeling → create → elements → auto
numbered → through nodes → select by cursor node 1, 2 & 3 (for triangle plate if sq
plate given select 1 2 3 & 1 4 3)→ ok.

(e) Utility menu → plotctrls→ numbering → element numbers → ok

Utility menu → plot → elements

8. Boundary Conditions and Loads:

(a) Main menu → solution → define loads → apply → structural → displacement

→ on nodes → select by mouse node -- → select all DOF → ok

FORCE:

(b) Main menu → solution → define loads → apply → structural → force/moment

→ on nodes → select by mouse node --- → apply → enter value → ok

MOMENT:

(c) Main menu → solution → define loads → apply → structural → force/moment

→ on nodes → select by mouse node --- → apply → enter value (for moment select MZ
and appropriate sign)→ ok

UDL:

(d) Main menu → solution → define loads → apply → structural → pressure → on

beam → select by mouse beam OR pick all (if udl on entire beam) --- → apply → enter
value→ ok

9. Solution:

Main menu → Solution → solve → current LS

10. Post Processing:

Gen. post processor →list results → nodal solution→ DOF → Y component of

displacement → ok

Gen. post processor →plot results → cotour plot→ nodal solution→ DOF → Y
component of displacement → ok

Gen. post processor →plot results → cotour plot→ stress→ von mises stress→ ok