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Example Model B31BOX

This example illustrates the creation of a box-section cantilever beam with a single point load at the free end. Gravitational forces are not modelled.





  
Figure 9.1: Example Cantilever Beam
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FEMGEN Commands for Model B31BOX

 
 PROPERTY FE-PROG ABAQUS
 GEOMETRY POINT P1 0
 GEOMETRY POINT P2 100
 PROPERTY MAT MAT STEM 210E3 0.29 0.786E-5 0.15E-4 293
 PROPERTY PHYSICAL BOX PH1 10.0 8.0 1.0 2.0
 PROPERTY PHYSICAL BOX PH1 ORIENT 0 0 1
 GEOMETRY LINE L1 P1 P2 20
 MESHING TYPE L1 BE2 12
 PROPERTY ATTACH L1 STEM PH1 
 PROPERTY LOAD FORCE P2 -100.0 2
 PROPERTY BOUNDARY CONSTRAINT P1 9
 MESHING GENERATE
 UTILITY WRITE ABAQUS b31box.inp
 YES

ABAQUS Input Deck for Model B31BOX

 
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** ABAQUS 5.2 INPUT DECK                     *
** CREATED BY FEMGEN/FEMVIEW VERSION 2.305   *
** TRANSLATED BY FEMGEN-ABAQUS VERSION 3.000 *
** FILE CREATED: DATE 06/04/94 TIME 15:22:59 *
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**
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** BINARY RESULT FILE FORMAT SELECTED        *
** MESSAGE LOGGING IS OFF                    *
** DIALOG SESSION IS OFF                     *
** ABAQUS/Standard SELECTED                  *
** EXTERNAL MATERIAL DIRECTORY NOT USED      *
** EXTERNAL RESULT OUTPUT FILE NOT USED      *
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**
*HEADING
FEMGEN MODEL B31BOX TRANSLATED BY PRE-ABAQUS 3.000 TITLE: No model title      
**
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** MODEL DEFINITION ...                      *
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**
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** MODEL GEOMETRY *
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**
*NODE, NSET=ALLNODE
         1, 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
         2,  5.000000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
         3,  10.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
         4,  15.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
         5,  20.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
         6,  25.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
         7,  30.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
         8,  35.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
         9,  40.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        10,  45.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        11,  50.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        12,  55.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        13,  60.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        14,  65.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        15,  70.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        16,  75.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        17,  80.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        18,  85.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        19,  90.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        20,  95.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
        21,  100.0000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
*ELEMENT, TYPE=B31     , ELSET=L1      
    1    1    2
    2    2    3
    3    3    4
    4    4    5
    5    5    6
    6    6    7
    7    7    8
    8    8    9
    9    9   10
   10   10   11
   11   11   12
   12   12   13
   13   13   14
   14   14   15
   15   15   16
   16   16   17
   17   17   18
   18   18   19
   19   19   20
   20   20   21
**
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** SET DEFINITIONS *
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**
*ELSET, ELSET=PHY1    
L1      ,
*ELSET, ELSET=ALL
PHY1    ,
**
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** PROPERTY DEFINITIONS *
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**
*BEAM SECTION, SECTION=BOX     , ELSET=PHY1     ,MATERIAL= STEM    
 8.000    , 10.00    , 1.000    , 2.000    , 1.000    , 2.000    
0.0000    ,0.0000    , 1.000    
**
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** MATERIAL DEFINITIONS *
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**
*MATERIAL, NAME=STEM    
*DENSITY
 0.7860001E-05,
*ELASTIC, TYPE=ISO
210.0E+03,0.290    , 293.    
*EXPANSION, ZERO=  293.0000    
 0.1500000E-04,  293.0000    
**
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** KINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS *
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**
*NSET, NSET=P1      
    1
*BOUNDARY
P1      ,    1,    6
**
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** HISTORY DEFINITION ...                    *
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**
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** FEMGEN LOADCASE     1 *
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**
*STEP, PERTURBATION
*STATIC
*NSET, NSET=P2      
   21
*CLOAD, OP=NEW
P2       ,    2 ,  -100.0000    
**
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** RESULTS OUTPUT CONTROL *
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**
*NODE FILE
U
*EL FILE, POSITION=AVERAGED AT NODES
S,E
*EL FILE, POSITION=NODES
S,E
*EL FILE, POSITION=INTEGRATION POINTS
S,COORD
E,COORD
*END STEP
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