Pre-Analysis & Start-Up

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This tutorial is specially configured, so the user can have both the tutorial and ANSYS open at the same time as shown below. It will be beneficial to have both ANSYS and your internet browser displayed on your monitor. Your internet browser should consume approximately one third of the screen width while ANSYS should take the other two thirds.

Open ANSYS Workbench

Click on the Start button, then click on All Programs. Once you locate ANSYS click on the the workbench button, . It may take some time for ANSYS to open. Once ANSYS opens your computer monitor should look comparable to the image below.
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Static Structural Analysis System

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The specific properties of the material Cornellium needs to be inputted into ANSYS. Start by right clicking on Engineering Data and then clicking on "Edit.." as seen below.


At this point a new window will open. Under "Outline of Schematic A2: Engineering Data" there will be a box with text inside that says "Click here to add a new material". Click on that box and type in "Cornellium" and then press enter.


Now, expand the "Linear Elastic" tab on the right and double click on "Isotropic Elasticity".


Now, the properties of "Cornellium need to be inputted in to the "Table of Properties Row 2: Isotropic Elasticity" window. Set Young's Modulus to 2.08x10^(10) Pa and set Poisson's Ratio to 0.4. Note that the Poisson's ratio doesn't enter into line element formulation being employed here. This means that even though ANSYS requires you to enter the Poisson's ratio, it is not used and your solution will be independent of it. You can check this for yourself.  

At this point the project can be returned to. Click on the Return to Project button, .

Saving

It would be of best interest, to save the project at this point. Click on the "Save As.." button, , which is located on the top of the Workbench window. Save the project as "PlaneFrame". When you save in ANSYS a file and a folder will be created. For instance if you save as "PlaneFrame", a "PlaneFrame.wbpj" file and a folder called "PlaneFrame_files" will appear. In order to reopen the ANSYS files in the future you will need both the ".wbpj" file and the folder. If you do not have BOTH, you will NOT be able to access your project.

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