Author(s): Joshua Wallace, ANSYS
Problem Specification
1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
2. Geometry
3. Mesh
4. Physics Setup
5. Numerical Solution & Results
Stress Due to Gravity
Created using ANSYS AIM 17.1
Problem Specification
Consider the geometry in the figure below. The slender bar is 3 inches wide, 2 inches tall, and 50 inches long. The large block on the end of the bar is 9 inches wide, 6 inches tall, and 6 inches long. Both are made of structural steel with a Young’s modulous of 2.90075E+7 and a poisson’s ratio of .3. The left end of the bar is fixed to a wall, and the geometry is subjected to standard earth gravity. Calculate the maximum equivalent stress in the geometry.