Step 5: Solution

Solve For The Displacements

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Post-Processing

First, click on the solution button, Image Removed, in the workbench window. Next, right click on the "Solution (A6)" folder, then click insert, then click Beam Tool and finally click Beam Tool as shown in the image below.
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Numerical Solution

Obtain the Numerical Solution

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At this point, ANSYS has determined the degrees of freedom at the nodes. If we tweak any of these degrees of freedom, the corresponding deformed shape of the midline will change. How is the total potential energy of the beam affected in the process?

It:

1. Decreases
2. Stays the same 
3. Increases

Go to Step 6: Numerical Results

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In order to get ANSYS to execute the post-processing you must click the solve button, Image Removed, again.
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