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Problem Specification
1. Start-up and preliminary set-up
2. Specify element type and constants
3. Specify material properties
4. Specify geometry
5. Mesh geometry
6. Specify boundary conditions
7. Solve!
8. Postprocess the results
9. Validate the results

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Create a folder called cbeam at a convenient location. We'll use this folder to store files created during the session.

Start ANSYS

Start > All Programs > ANSYS Release 711.0 > ANSYS InteractiveProduct Launcher

Enter the location of the folder cbeam that you just created as your Working directoryDirectory by browsing to it.

Enter cbeam as your Initial jobnameyour Job Name. So all files generated during this ANSYS session will have cbeam as the prefix. Click on Run.

Resize the ANSYS windows as shown in this snapshot so that you can read instructions in your browser window and implement them in ANSYS.

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In the Preferences for GUI Filtering dialog box, click on the box next to Structural so that a tick mark appears in the box.

Recall that this is an optional step that customizes the graphical user interface so that only the menu options valid for structural problems are made available.

Go to Step 2: Specify element type and constants

See and rate the complete Learning Module

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