SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SPR4054 | CAD ANALYSIS LAB MANUAL

EXERCISE NO: 1
EXERCISE NAME: ANALYSIS OF CANTILEVER BEAM WITH POINT LOAD AT THE END

AIM: To analyse the deflection and stresses at each nodal points of a cantilever beam with point load at free
end using ANSYS software.

PROCEDURE:
Preprocessing:
1. Preferences-Structural-Ok
2. Define element type:Preprocessor-Element type-Add/Edit/Delete-Add-Beam, 2 Node 188-ok
3. Defining Material properties:Preprocessor-Material properties-Material models-Structural-Linear-
2
Elastic-Isotropic- E=2e5N/mm , Poisson ratio-0.3
4. Preprocessor-Section-Beam-Common sections [D=10mm].
5. Defining nodes:Preprocessor-Modeling-Create-Nodes-In active CS
Node 1 0 0 0
Node 2 100 0 0
6. Preprocessor-Modeling-Elements-Autonumbered-Thru nodes-Pick node 1 &2- click ok.

Solution phase: Assigning loads and solving

7. Applying loads: Solution-Define loads-Apply-Structural-
Displacement-On nodes-Click Node 1-All DOF-Ok
Force/Moment-On nodes-Click Node 2-Fy=-4000-ok
8. Solve: Solution-Solve-Current LS

Post processing: Viewing the results

9. General post processor-Plot results-Deformed shape
General post processoe-List results- Reaction Solution

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OUTPUT:

RESULT:
Thus the cantilever beam with point load at one end was analysed using ANSYS.

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