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Start ANSYS
Set Working Directory
Specify Initial job name: 2DTruss
Set Preferences: Structural
Set the unit system to SI by typing in /units, SI in the command line.
Check the output window for the units in SI system.
Add
Pick Link in the left field and 2D Spar 1 in the right field. Click OK.
Click Close.
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Real Constants > Add/ Edit/ Delete, and click ADD
Enter the cross-sectional area as 5000E-6 m2
Click OK. Click Close.
Plot
Ctrls >Numbering >Element/Attr Numbering
Choose Plot > Elements to see the elements and the nodes
Step 6: Specify Boundary Conditions & Loading
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Loads > Define Loads > Apply > Structural > Displacement
> On Nodes
Now select point A.
Select ALL DOF in the box showing DOF to be constrained.
Set Value as 0
Click Apply
Select point B. Constrain UY and set displacement value to -10e-3 m. Click OK.
Since the roller at point C is 45 from global x axis. We cannot apply the support directly.
We need to create a local coordinate system at point C in the orientation of the support.
Work Plane > Local Coordinate Systems > Create Local CS > By 3 Nodes
Read the instruction at the bottom of ANSYS window. It says Pick or enter 3 nodes:
origin,
X axis and XY plane.
Choose the nodes in that order by clicking node 3, 5and 2, respectively (See figure
below).
Note that node 5 defines the direction of the x-axis and node 2 defines the xy plane. The
direction of y-axis is perpendicular to the x-axis toward node 2.
After you clicked the 3 nodes, there will be a pop up window asking for Reference
number of new CS and its type. The Reference number starts at 11 by default. Choose
Cartesian CS.
Click OK.
Select List > Other > Local Coord Sys. You can see that the Active CS is now CS no. 11
(which is the local CS we just created). CS number 0 to 6 are global CS. Check the origin
and orientation of CS 11.
Now we have to rotate the orientation of node 3 from global CS to the local CS
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Modeling > Move/Modify > Rotate Node CS > To Active
CS
Pick node 3. Click OK
Next, constrain UX at node 3. Check the orientation of the triangle at node 3 (Plot >
Multi- Plots).
Apply Loading:
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Loads > Define Loads > Apply > Structural >
Step 7: Solve
Main Menu > Solution > Solve > Current LS
Click OK
Step 8: Post Processing
Main Menu > General Postproc > Element Table > Define Element Table > Add >
Select By Sequence number in the left list box, and SMISC in the right list box. Type
Now you can see the element forces and the stresses.
Main Menu > General Postproc > List Results > Nodal Solution
Click DOF Solution and in the sub-list select Displacement vector sum
Click OK
Main Menu > General Postproc > List Results > Reaction Solution
Select All Items or All Structural Forces
Click OK
(b)
From (a), the maximum member force (consider both from compression and tension) for P
equal to 200 kN is 1146.4 kN. Since this is an elastic problem, you can find the maximum P
that the member forces do not exceed 600 kN simply by