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Example Model B3BOX

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
$\begin{figure} \centerline{ \psfig {figure=ex1.ps,width=5.0in} }\end{figure}$

FEMGEN Commands for Model B3BOX

     
 PROPERTY FE-PROG ANSYS
 GEOM POINT  P1    0.000000      0.000000      0.000000    
 GEOM POINT  P2     100.000      0.000000      0.000000    
 PROP MAT MAT STEM  0.21000E+06 0.29000     0.78600E-05 0.000          0.00    
 PROP PHYS BOX PH1 10.000      8.0000      1.0000      2.0000    
 PROP PHYS BOX PH1 ORIE  0.00000     0.00000      1.0000    
 PROP PHYS BOX PH1 OFF  0.00000     0.00000     0.00000     =
            0.00000     0.00000     0.00000    
 GEOM LINE STR  L1   P1   P2       10
 MESHING TYPE L1   BE2       1
 PROP ATTACH L1   STEM PH1 
 PROP LOAD FORC LO1    1 P2   -0.10000E+03     2
 PROP BOUN CONS P1 9
 CONSTRUCT COORDSYS GLOBAL
 MESH GENERATE
 UTILITY WRITE ANSYS b3box.ans
 YES

ANSYS Input Deck for Model B3BOX

    
/BATCH
C***************************************************
C*** ANSYS INPUT DECK                              *
C*** CREATED BY FEMGV VERSION 4.02                 *
C*** TRANSLATED BY FEMGEN-ANSYS VERSION 3.000      *
C*** FILE CREATED: DATE 18/08/95 TIME 11:07:27     *
C***************************************************
C***
C***************************************************
C*** MESSAGE LOGGING IS ON                         *
C*** EXTERNAL MATERIAL DIRECTORY NOT USED          *
C*** EXTERNAL PHYSICAL PROPERTY DIRECTORY NOT USED *
C***************************************************
C***
C*** JOB CONTROL
C***
/FILNAM,b3box   
/PREP7
/TITLE,                    
ANTYPE,STATIC
C***
C*** ELEMENT TYPE CARDS ... 
C***
ET,       1,BEAM3   , 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
C***
C*** PHYSICAL PROPERTY CARDS ...
C***
C*** NAME= PH1     
R,     1,  44.00000    ,  558.6667    ,  10.00000    ,  1.492412    
C***
C*** MATERIAL CARDS ...
C***
C*** NAME=STEM    
MP,  EX,   1,  210000.0    
MP,NUXY,   1, 0.2900000    
MP,DENS,   1, 0.7860001E-05
MP,ALPX,   1, 0.0000000    
C***
C*** NODE CARDS ...
C***
N,     1, 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,     2,  10.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,     3,  20.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,     4,  30.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,     5,  40.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,     6,  50.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,     7,  60.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,     8,  70.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,     9,  80.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,    10,  90.00000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
N,    11,  100.0000    , 0.0000000    , 0.0000000    
C***
C*** ELEMENT CARDS ... 
C***
C*** MAT= STEM    ,   ELEMENT TYPE= BEAM3   ,   PROPERTY= PH1     
 MAT,  1
 TYPE,  1
 REAL,  1
EN,        1,       1,     2
EN,        2,       2,     3
EN,        3,       3,     4
EN,        4,       4,     5
EN,        5,       5,     6
EN,        6,       6,     7
EN,        7,       7,     8
EN,        8,       8,     9
EN,        9,       9,    10
EN,       10,      10,    11
C***
C*** SINGLE POINT CONSTRAINT CARDS ... 
C***
D,     1,UX  ,,,,,UY  ,UZ  ,ROTX,ROTY,ROTZ
FINISH
/SOLUTION
C******************
C*** LOAD CASE    1
C******************
C*** LOAD CARDS ... 
C***
C*** LO1        FORCE
F,      11,FY, -100.0000    
C***
C*** RESULTS OUTPUT CONTROL 
C***
OUTPR,NSOL,1
OUTPR,ESOL,1
OUTRES,NSOL,1
OUTRES,STRS,1
OUTRES,EPEL,1
SOLVE
FINISH
/EXIT
C*** FEMGEN-ANSYS TRANSLATION COMPLETED WITH ...
C*** INFORMATION MESSAGES: 0
C*** WARNING     MESSAGES: 0
C*** ERROR       MESSAGES: 0

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8/18/1999