Cantilever Design:

Goal : Reduce max displacement to half without

increasing weight.
Implies : Volume should not change
Implies : C/S area should remain constant
So
Ar=24
As MI is proportional to cube of height we will iterate on
height
ht=8!!inch iterate
br=24/ht!!inch
MI1=br*ht**3/12
All other steps are same as Cantilever

fini
/clear
/prep7
/TITLE,cantilever beam
N,1,0,0,0
N,2,50,0,0
N,3,100,0,0
c*** define element type
et,1,beam3
c*** define material prop.
mp,ex,1,30e6!!!psi
mp,nuxy,1,0.3
c*** create parameters
ar=24
ht=8!!inch
br=24/ht!!inch
MI1=br*ht**3/12
c*** create real constants

R,1,ar,MI1,ht
c***
REAL,1
mat,1
type,1
c*** define elements
e,1,2
e,2,3
c***constraints
d,1,all,0
c*** force
f,3,fy,-100
Save this file in your working dir by
name cantilever_design

Use file/read input from/double

click on cantilever_design.

You will get the display

indicating displacement

Re run the analysis by increasing ht.

Follow same procedure till you get half
deformation.
Learn how to use read input from
And use of programme.
You can use the same programme to find
cantilever of any cross section/length/load.