fini

/clear
/filnam,cantilever
/prep7
/title,cantilever beam 100lb
N,1,0,0,0
N,2,50,0,0
N,3,100,0,0
C*** DEFINE ELEMENT TYPE
ET,1,BEAM3
C***CREATE PARAMETERS
ht=6
Br=4
Ar=ht*Br
MI=Br*ht**3/12
c***create material properties
mp,ex,1,30e6!!! psi
mp,nuxy,1,0.3!!!poisson's ratio
c***create real constant
R,1,Ar,MI,ht
type,1 $mat,1 $real,1
e,1,2
e,2,3

c***apply boundary cond.

D,1,all,0
c***apply force
F,3,fy,-100
/solu
solve
/post1
prrfor
pldisp,1
prdisp

Input for cantilever beam

Filename

Controls for Pan, Zoom, Rotate

Observe effect of title and N,

commands

Use nlist command to list x,y and

z coordinates of the nodes

ET,1,BEAM3 Define element type

C***CREATE PARAMETERS
ht=6
Br=4
Ar=ht*Br
MI=Br*ht**3/12
c***create material properties
mp,ex,1,30e6!!! psi
mp,nuxy,1,0.3!!!poisson's ratio
c***create real constant
R,1,Ar,MI,ht !!!create real constants

Use mplist command to list material

properties

Use rlist to list the real constants

Decide combination of type

number, material number
and real constant set
number
type,1 $mat,1 $real,1
Elements created after
above command will have
Type=1 Mat=1 and Real=1
e,1,2
e,2,3

eplot
Observe the effect of E command, Use eplot to
plot the elements

Use ETLIST to display element types defined

for analysis

Use GUI PlotCtrls,numbering,element

For seeing elements with colours and
numbers. Apply

Observe colours and numbers for

different elements

c***apply boundary
conditions.
D,1,all,0
c***apply force
F,3,fy,-100
/solu
solve

Use elist to list the elements along with type,

mat, real set numbers attached to elements.

Observe displacement constraints

And force symbols. Use Dlist and
Flist to check

Following are most

important postprocessing
commands
/post1
prrfor
pldisp,1
prdisp

Use prrfor to get reactions at

constraints. See that reaction
values balance applied loads

Use pldisp,1 to get deformed shape

superimposed. This is another
important logical check

Use prdisp to get the displacements at

nodes.

Use ndele,edele rdele fdele,ddele , etdele

Commands to delete entities.
Capture the graphic window by
plt_Ctrl/hardCopy/ToFile
And animate by
Plt_ctrl/animate/deformed shape

Capture display
for presentation