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Ansys Material tutorial 

 Add standard material to new project

 Make new material library
 Make new material
 Save and recall library and material in a project
 Apply material to a component
 Applying different material to a component (Composite section)

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Bar analysis 
 
Ex2. Thesteel rod is fixed to a wall at its left end. It has two applied forces. The 3 kN force is applied at the Point B and the 1
kN force is applied at the Point C. The area of the rod AB is AB=1000 mm2, and BC is ABC=500 mm2. Take E = 2.1105 N/mm2.
Find
(a) The stress in each section of the rod and
(b) The horizontal displacement at the points B and C.

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Sol: a

Step2: section AB is separated

Internal force=FBA=4 kN
as this part should be in
equilibrium so 3kN+1kN=4kN
AB= FBA/Area=4 kN/1000
mm2=4 MPa (tensile)
FAB.L
lAB= A .E
AB

(4kN).(200 mm)
= (1000 mm2).210 GPa

(4kN).(200 mm)
= (1000 mm2).210 kN/mm2

=0.00381 mm

Step3: section BC is separated

Internal force=FBC=1kN
balancing ikN force to the right
BC= FBC/Area=1 kN/500 mm2=2
MPa (tensile)

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FBC.L
lBC= A .E
BC

(1 kN).(200 mm)
= (500 mm2).210 GPa

(1 kN).(200 mm)
= (500 mm2).210 kN/mm2

=0.001905 mm

Step4: By principle of
superposition

l=lAB +lBC=0.00571 mm

TIP: In this example the problem was statically determinate, and the three steps of Equilibrium, Force-Deformation, and Compatibility
were independent steps. The steps are not independent when the problem is statically indeterminate, as the next example will show.

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Ansys Tutorials
By
Dr. Manu Gupta

Tut 1: Tensile member of different cross-sections

(Using user defined cross-section, align cross sections, freeze lines
to apply different sections, finding support reactions.)
This example support unit 1 of Mechanics of solid syllabus

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Ex3. Thesteel rod is fixed to a wall at its both ends. It has two applied forces. The 3 kN force is applied at the Point B and the 1
kN force is applied at the Point C. The area of the rod AB is AB=1000 mm2, and BC is ABC=500 mm2. Take E = 2.1105 N/mm2.
Find
(a) The stress in each section of the rod and
(b) The horizontal displacement at the points B and C.

Sol:

Step1: Check for equilibrium as force act to the right reactions will act
toward left

RA +RC =3 kN (1)
Two variable and 1 equations so the problem is indeterminate,

Step2: section AB is separated

RA.L
lAB= A .E
AB

Step3: section BC is separated

RC.L
lBC= A .E
BC

Step4: As the bar is constrained so lAB=lBC

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RA.L RC.L
=
AAB.E ABC.E
RA= (AAB/ABC) RC = (1000 mm2/500 mm2)RC=2 RC
RA=2 RC (2)
Putting (2) in (1)
RC=1 kN; RA=2 kN

Step5: putting the value to find lBC

RC.L (1 kN).(200mm)
lBC= A .E = (500 mm2).(210 kN/mm2) = 0.001905mm
BC

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