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Built-up Beam Analysis

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a built-up beam cross-section consisting of multiple materials in ANSYS.

3m

1m

Material 1

1m

1m

3m

Material 2

1m

Material 1

Material Properties:
Modulus of Elasticity Material 1 120 GPa Material 2 90 GPa

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The following is the step-by-step procedure for the beam deflection problem using the ANSYS GUI (Graphic User Interface) environment. Using the left button of the mouse, click on everything that is typed bold and type everything that is italicized below. (Go To ANSYS/Faculty Utility Menu) File Change Jobname then type Builtup (GoTo Main Menu) Preprocessor Element Type Add/Edit/Delete Add Structural & Beam & 3D Finite Strain 3 Node 189 & OK Close Material Props Material Models Structural & Linear & Elastic & Isotropic EX = 120e9 & OK Material & New Model Define Material ID: 2 & OK Structural & Linear & Elastic & Isotropic EX = 90e9 & OK Close Modeling Create Areas Rectangle By Dimensions (X1, X2) 0 & 3 (Y1, Y2) 0 & 1 & Apply By Dimensions (X1, X2) 1 & 2 (Y1, Y2) 1 & 4 & Apply By Dimensions (X1, X2) 0 & 3 (Y1, Y2) 4 & 5 & OK Operate Booleans Glue Areas Pick All & OK

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Meshing Mesh Attributes Picked Areas Pick Areas 4 & 5 & OK MAT Material Property: 1 & Apply Pick Area 2 & OK MAT Material Property: 2 & OK Mesh Tool Click on the Lines SET button Pick All LSIZE: 0.5 & OK Close Sections Beam Custom Sections Write from Areas PICK ALL FILE Section Library File: beam01 & OK (Click CLOSE if a message window appears stating: Line element sizes may need to be specified for desired cross-section mesh. Please refere to the LESIZE command.) Edit / Built-up (Edit/Composite Menu appears) Edit Custom Section File Section library file: beam01 & OK Save to Sect File File Section library file: beam01 & OK Finish

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Read Section Mesh Section Name: beam 01 FILE Section library file: beam01.sect & OK

Plot Section (Shows the cross-sectional area, element mesh, and calculated centroids for the built-up beam.)

List Sections (This provides information about the calculated centroids, the coordinates of the nodes, the connectivity, and the integration point coordinates for the beam.) Modeling Delete Area & Below Pick All Create Keypoints In Active CS X: 0

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Y: 0 & Apply X: 40 Y: 0 & OK Lines Lines Straight Line (pick keypoints 1 & 2) & OK Meshing Mesh Tool Click on the Line SET button Pick All (Click the SIZE box) 1 & OK

Solution Define Loads Apply Structural Displacement On Keypoints (Pick Keypoint number 1) & OK (Lab2) All DOF (Value) 0 & OK Force/Moment On Keypoints (Pick keypoint number 2) & OK (Lab) FY (Value) 100 & OK Solve Current LS