Use load step approach to solve cantilever beam for

following loads
1) To simulate self weight
2) 100 lb load at one end.
3) 100 lb load at the middle
4) 100 lb load at the middle and at the end.

fini
/clear
/filnam,cantilever_ls
/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
mp,dens,1,0.00073!!lb.s*s/in*in*in*in
c***create real constant
R,1,Ar,MI,ht
e,1,2
e,2,3
c***apply disrpt. boundary cond.

save,model
c***apply force
F,3,fy,-100
/title,load at end
lswrite,1
fdele,all,all
f,2,fy,-100
/title,load at middle
lswrite,2
fdele,all,all
acel,0,32*12,0
/title,self weight
lswrite,3
acel,0,0,0 !!nullify acel effect
f,3,fy,-100
f,2,fy,-100
/title,load at end and middle
lswrite,4
/solu
lssolve,1,4,1
understandInput
/post1
stream
set,1

Lswrite,1

Lswrite,2

Effect of acel command

Red arrow at global
indicating acel in +y ie dir
of gravity

Acel,0,0,0 will nullify effect of

acel command.

Lswrite,4

Solve load steps by using

Lssolve,1,4,1

Minimum load step no, maximum load step number, increment

Post processing to see the results

Set,1 will retrieve result set number 1 created during solving.
Set,2 will retrieve result set number 2 created during solving.
Set,3will retrieve result set number 3 created during solving.
Set,4 will retrieve result set number 4 created during solving.
Use prrfor command to check applied loads were correct.
Self weight of the beam will reflect in the load case of self weight.
What is the self weight?

Retrieve results of load step 1 by

set,1
Use pldisp to see deformation
plot

Second load step displacement plot

Second load step reaction force

Load step 3 displacement

plot

Prrfor

Self weight reflected in reaction

force.

Load step 4 displacement

plot

Load step4 reaction forces.

Are they logical?