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Beam Bending Tutorial in Abaqus CAE

Tutorial for beam bending

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Beam Bending Tutorial in Abaqus CAE

Tutorial for beam bending

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ABAQUS Tutorial - Beam Bending

Consider the beam bending problem:

Assume that the beam is made of steel (E=30x106 psi, G=11.5x106 psi) and has a 2" deep x 5" high rectangular cross section (Iz=(2)(53)/12=20.83 in4, Iy=(5)(23)/12=3.333 in4). Determine the maximum deflection and stress in the bar and the using 8 beam elements. Compare the solution to the beam theory solution. Beam theory solution Beam theory gives the following displacement solution:
Pbx 2 wx x + b 2 L2 + 2 Lx 2 x 3 L3 , 0 x a 6 EIL 24 EI Pa ( L x) 2 wx = v( x) x + a2 2L x + 2 Lx 2 x 3 L3 , a x L 6 EIL 24 EI = v( x)

where v(x) is the displacement, P is the concentrated force (-5000 lb), x is the distance from the left end of the beam, EI is the flexural stiffness of the beam, wo is the uniform distributed load (50 lb/ft = -4.167 lb/in), a=15 ft and b=5 ft. The displacement field and bending stress distribution predicted by beam theory are shown below. Note that the maximum deflection, approximately -1.89 in, occurs between x=11 ft and x=12 ft and the maximum bending stress is approximately 29,700 psi at x=15 ft.

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0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1 -1.2 -1.4 -1.6

x 10

2.5

Bending stress (psi)


0 2 4 6 8 10 x (ft) 12 14 16 18 20

Displacement (in)

1.5

0.5
-1.8 -2

0 0

10 x (ft)

12

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Finite Element solution (ABAQUS) Start => Programs => ABAQUS 6.9-1 => ABAQUS CAE File => Set Work Directory => select folder for Abaqus generated files Select 'Create Model Database' File => Save As => save .cae file in Work Directory Module: Sketch Sketch => Create Add=> Point => enter coordinates (0,0), (180,0), (240,0), => select 'red X' Add => Line => Connected Line => select point at (0,0) with mouse, then (180,0) , then (240,0), right click => Cancel Procedure => Done Module: Part Part => Create => select 2D Planar, Deformable, Wire, Approx size 200 => Continue Add => Sketch => select 'Sketch-1' => Done => Done Module: Property Material => Create => Name: Material-1, Mechanical, Elasticity, Elastic => set Young's modulus = 30e6, Poisson's ratio = 0.3 => OK Profile => Create => Generalized => A=10, I1 = 20.83, I12=0, I2=3.333, J=0 => OK Section => Create => Name: Section-1, Beam, Beam => Continue => Section Integration Before Analysis => Profile Name: Profile-1 => Linear Properties => E=30e6, G=11.54e6 => Output Points => enter (x1, x2) = (0,-2.5) and (x1, x2) = (0,2.5) => OK => OK Assign Section => select all elements by dragging mouse => Done => Section-1 => Done Assign Beam Section Orientation => select full model => Done => n1 direction = 0.0,0.0,-1.0 => Done Module: Assembly Instance => Create => Part-1 => select Dependent (mesh on part) => OK __________________________________________________________________________ 2 Copyright 2008 D. G. Taggart, University of Rhode Island. All rights reserved. Disclaimer.

Module: Step Step => Create => Name: Step-1, Initial, Static, General => Continue => nlgeom off => OK Module: Load Load => Create => Name: Step-1, Step: Step 1, Mechanical, Line Load => Continue => select full model => Done => set Component 1 =0, Component 2 = -4.167 => OK Load => Create => Name: Step-1, Step: Step 1, Mechanical, Concentrated Force => Continue => select point at (180,0) => Done => set CF2=-5000 => OK BC => Create => Name: BC-1, Step: Step-1, Mechanical, Displacement/Rotation => Continue => select point at (0,0) => Done => U2=0 => OK BC => Create => Name: BC-1, Step: Step-1, Mechanical, Displacement/Rotation => Continue => select point at (240,0) => Done => U1=U2=0 => OK

Module: Mesh In model tree, expand Model-1 => Parts => Part-1 => double-click on Mesh Seed => Edge by Size => select full model by dragging mouse => Done => Element Size=30 => press Enter => Done Mesh => Element Type => select full model by dragging mouse => Done => Element Library: Standard, Geometric Order: Linear, Family: Beam, Cubic interpolation (B23)=> OK => Done Mesh => Instance => OK to mesh the part Instance: Yes => Done Module: Job Job => Create => Name: Job-1, Model: Model-1 => Continue => Job Type: Full analysis, Run Mode: Background, Submit Time: Immediately => OK Job => Manager => Submit => Job-1 Results Module: Visualization Plot => Deformed Shape Common Options => Labels => select 'Show element labels: Black' and 'Show node labels: Black' View => Graphics Options => Background Color => White Ctrl-C to copy viewport to clipboard => Open MS Word Document => Ctrl-V to paste image Plot=> Contours => Result => Field Output => select S, Max. Principal => Section Points => Top and Bottom Ctrl-C to copy viewport to clipboard => Open MS Word Document => Ctrl-V to paste image Report => Field Output => Setup => Number of Significant Digits => 6 Report => Field Output => Variable => Position: Unique Nodal => select U: Spatial Displacements, UR3: Rotational Displacements, S: Max. Principal => Apply Cut and paste tabulated results from 'abaqus.rpt' file to MS Word document. Results: __________________________________________________________________________ 3 Copyright 2008 D. G. Taggart, University of Rhode Island. All rights reserved. Disclaimer.

Deformed Mesh

Bending Stress Contours

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Tabulated Output:

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