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Now, ANSYS will be told to solve for the reaction forces at the two fixed supports, the direct stress, the minimum combined stress and the maximum combined stress. Start by right clicking on "Solution", then click "Insert", then click "Beam Tool" and lastly click "Beam Tool" as shown below.


Next, right click on "Beam Tool, then click "Insert", then click Probe and lastly click "Force Reaction". Repeat the steps in the last sentence, in order to create a second reaction force output. Now, highlight "Force Reaction" in the Tree and set the "Boundary Condition" to "Fixed Support" as shown below.
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Repeat, this process for "Force Reaction 2", but now assign "Fixed Support 2" to the "Boundary Condition".

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