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Using ANSYS Mechanical, design the post so that the total combined normal stresses and combined shear stresses do not exceed allowable values. Assume allowable stresses of 25 ksi and 16 ksi for normal and shear stress, respectively, which already account for an appropriate factor of safety. 

Learning Goals

The purpose of this tutorial is to showcase how fully three-dimensional analysis can be applied to capture both stress states from simple combined loading as well as stress concentrations in the vicinity of sharp and/or re-entrant corners and other near-discontinuities in geometry. 

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