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  Sudhir Gill about 1 year ago

  In general, a finite element solution may be broken into the following three stages.
  1. Preprocessing: defining the problem;
  - Define keypoints/lines/areas/volumes
  - Define element type and material/geometric properties
  - Mesh lines/areas/volumes as required
  2. Solution: assigning loads, constraints and solving;
  3. Postprocessing:
  - Lists of nodal displacements
  - Element forces and moments
  - Deflection plots
  - Stress contour diagrams

  In this tutorial we will go through second and third step.

  1. Step 1

     This is the second part of tutorials in Which we solve the problem. Under Solution >> Analaysis Type >> New analysis. Select static and click OK.

     

  2. Step 2

     Under Define Loads >> Apply >> Structural >> Displacement >> On keypoints. We will now define the fixed keypoints or supports.

     

  3. Step 3

     Select the two lower corner keypoints and click OK.

     

  4. Step 4

     Select All DOF and click OK.

     

  5. Step 5

     Goto Define loads >> Apply >> Structural >> Force/Moment >> On Keypoints.

     

  6. Step 6

     Select the upper keypoints and click OK.

     

  7. Step 7

     Direction of force be FY and input Force value = -10000 since the force will be acting downward.

     

  8. Step 8

     Now we have the model prepared for solution. Under Solve >> Current Load step.

     

  9. Step 9

     Click OK.

     

  10. Step 10

      A message Solution is done! will show when the process is completed. Click Close.

      

  11. Step 11

      Now the third part of this process. Post-Processing is to be done. Goto General PostProc >> List Results >> Reaction Solu.

      

  12. Step 12

      Select all items and click OK.

      

  13. Step 13

      Now we have the value of reaction about the node 1 and 5 which are fixed. Click Close.

      

  14. Step 14

      Goto Plot Results >> Deformed shape.

      

  15. Step 15

      Select Def + undeformed. Click OK

      

  16. Step 16

      Now we have the deformation plot.

      

  17. Step 17

      Goto Plot results >> Contour plot >> Nodal Solu.

      

  18. Step 18

      Under Stress select von Mises stress and click OK.

      

  19. Step 19

      We have von Mises stress plot.