ANALYSIS ON ANSYS

UNITS
TABLE 1: Unit System
Unit System Metric (mm, kg, N, s, mV, mA) Degrees rad/s Celsius
Angle Degrees
Rotational Velocity rad/s
Temperature Celsius

MATERIAL
Engineering Data is accessed in ANSYS Workbench and a new material is defined. The material is
defined with modulus of elasticity, E=20x103 N/mm2.

Figure 1: Inserting Material Properties in Engineering Data

TABLE 2: Material Properties

Temperature C Young's Modulus MPa Poisson's Ratio Bulk Modulus MPa Shear Modulus MPa
20000 0.3 16667 7692.3
GEOMETRY
The geometry is made in one dimension (1D) in the Design Modeler module of ANSYS. A line is
made and a cross-section is defined and radius is given to the circular section.

Figure 2: Modelling Geometry in Design Modeller

MESHING
Meshing is done for the geometry. For the simplification of problem, automatic meshing is done by
ANSYS. Only the number of divisions are defined.

Figure 3: Meshing in ANSYS

 TABLE 3: Mesh Properties
Object Name Mesh
State Solved
Display
Display Style Body Color
Defaults
Physics Preference Mechanical
Relevance 0
Element Order Linear
Sizing
Size Function Fine
Relevance Center Coarse
Element Size 6.0mm
Mesh Defeaturing Yes
Defeature Size Default
Transition Fast
Initial Size Seed Assembly
Span Angle Center Coarse
Bounding Box Diagonal 300.0 mm
Minimum Edge Length 6.0 mm
Quality
Check Mesh Quality Yes, Errors
Error Limits Standard Mechanical
Target Quality Default (0.050000)
Smoothing Medium
Mesh Metric None
Inflation
Use Automatic Inflation None
Inflation Option Smooth Transition
Transition Ratio 0.272
Maximum Layers 5
Growth Rate 1.2
Inflation Algorithm Pre
View Advanced Options No
Advanced
Number of CPUs for Parallel Part Meshing Program Controlled
Straight Sided Elements
Number of Retries Default (4)
Rigid Body Behavior Dimensionally Reduced
Mesh Morphing Disabled
Triangle Surface Mesher Program Controlled
Topology Checking No
Pinch Tolerance Please Define
Generate Pinch on Refresh No
Statistics
Nodes 3
Elements 2
LOADING
The loading is applied on the mid-point (second node) of the beam. The command of nodal force is
used to apply the load. The magnitude of load is 60x103N in the positive X-axis direction.

Figure 4: Applying External Force

TABLE 4: Loads
Object Name Fixed Support Displacement Nodal Force
State Fully Defined
Scope
Scoping Method Geometry Selection Named Selection
Geometry 1 Vertex
Named Selection Force
Definition
Type Fixed Support Displacement Force
Suppressed No
Define By Components
Coordinate System Global Coordinate System Nodal Coordinate System
X Component 1.2 mm (ramped) 60000 N (ramped)
Y Component Free 0. N (ramped)
Z Component Free 0. N (ramped)
Divide Load by Nodes Yes
 Figure 5: Force Graph

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
The beam is fixed from its one end and the displacement on the other end is given in the problem
statement. First node is selected and is fixed by fixed support command. Moreover, displacement is
applied on the node of other end by Displacement command.

Figure 6: Fixed Support at One End

 Figure 8: Displacement

Figure 7: Displacement Graph

RESULTS
Displacement:
The total deformation command is used in ANSYS to get the displacements in the beam. As a result,
the displacement at node 2 (u2) is found to be 1.5mm.

Figure 9: Displacement Results

Stress:
To find the stress at fixed end & mid-point of the beam, the Direct Stress command of ANSYS is used
and the maximum stress is at fixed end (200MPa) and on mid-point, the value is (-40MPa).

Figure 10: Stress Results

 TABLE 5: Stress Results
Time [s] Minimum [MPa] Maximum [MPa]
1. -40.093 200.09

Support Reactions
The support reactions on the desired nodes are found by using the Probe command in the ANSYS.
The support reaction on fixed end is -50kN and is -10kN on the free end.

Figure 11: Support Reaction 1 Orientation

TABLE 6: Reaction @ Node 1

Time Reaction @ Node 1 (X) Reaction @ Node 1 (Y) Reaction @ Node 1 (Z) Reaction @ Node 1
[s] [N] [N] [N] (Total) [N]
1. -49984 0. 0. 49984
 Figure 12: Support Reaction 2 Orientation

TABLE 7: Reaction @ Node 3

Time Reaction @ Node 3 (X) Reaction @ Node 3 (Y) Reaction @ Node 3 (Z) Reaction @ Node 3
[s] [N] [N] [N] (Total) [N]
1. -10016 0. 0. 10016