/TITLE, Simply supp, uniform load, ex4-1.a ! W 8 x 31 3 nodes, 4 elements /PREP7 ! preprocessor section w2 = 80 ! uniform load p4 = -60e3 m5 = 40e3 ET,1,Beam3 ! type 3 is beam R,1,9.1,110,8 ! area, Iz, height MP,EX,1,30E6 ! Young-s modulus, steel MP,GXY,1,11.2E6 ! shear modulus N,1,0 ! Node 1 at 0 N,2,36/2 N,3,36 N,4,(36+25) N,5,(36+25+24) TYPE,1 ! element type (ET) 3 MAT,1 ! material property MP 1 REAL,1 ! area R 1 E,1,2 ! Element 1, nodes 1-2 EGEN,4,1,-1 ! make four total elements ! E,2,3 ! alternative commands ! E,3,4 ! E,4,5 FINISH ! preprocessor section /SOLUTION ! solution section antype,static outpr,basic,1 outpr,nload,1 D,1,ALL,0 D,3,UY,0 D,5,UX,0,,,,UY ! D,5,UY,0 ! alternative commands ! D,5,UX,0 F,4,FY,p4 ! force at node 2 F,5,MZ,m5 ! Moment at node 2 SFBEAM,1,1,PRES,w2,w2/2 ! Tapered load 0-30 lb/in SFBEAM,2,1,PRES,w2/2,0 ! Tapered load 30-60 lb/in /output,Displ,txt,D:\Ansys\ ! displacements ! /output,Displ,txt,U:\win\Ansys\ ! displacements solve /PBC,ALL,1 FINISH ! solution section /POST1 ! post processor etable,STR,ls,1,3 /output,Force,txt,D:\Ansys\ ! forces and stresses ! /output,Force,txt,U:\win\Ansys\ ! forces and stresses pretab prrsol FINISH ! post processor ! NODE UX UY ROTZ ! 1 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 ! 2 0.00000 0.440828E-02 0.248439E-03 ! 3 0.00000 0.00000 -0.991399E-03 ! 4 0.00000 -0.297905E-01 -0.202031E-03 ! 5 0.00000 0.00000 0.203565E-02 ! EL= 1 NODES= 1 2 MAT= 1 BEAM3 ! PRES LOAD KEY = 1 FACE NODES = 1 2 ! PRESSURES(F/L) = 80.000 40.000 ! LOCATION SMAX SMIN ! 1 (I) 6420.8 -6420.8 ! 2 (J) 3226.1 -3226.1 ! EL= 2 NODES= 2 3 MAT= 1 BEAM3 ! PRES LOAD KEY = 1 FACE NODES = 2 3 ! PRESSURES(F/L) = 40.000 0.0000 ! LOCATION SMAX SMIN ! 1 (I) 3226.1 -3226.1 ! 2 (J) 13344. -13344. ! EL= 3 NODES= 3 4 MAT= 1 BEAM3 ! LOCATION SMAX SMIN ! 1 (I) 13344. -13344. ! 2 (J) 20922. -20922. ! EL= 4 NODES= 4 5 MAT= 1 BEAM3 ! LOCATION SMAX SMIN ! 1 (I) 20922. -20922. ! 2 (J) 1454.5 -1454.5 ! NODE FX FY MZ ! 1 0.00000 -14138.4 -176572. ! 3 53271.6 ! 5 0.00000 22306.8