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Pre-analysis & Start-Up

Pre-analysis

The stiffness of the model can be determined using Hooke's Law.

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The stress, Sigma, is the reaction force divided by the area at the support. The strain, epsilon, is the ratio of displacement over the original length.

We will find the reaction force and the support and use Hooke's Law to verify the simulation.

Start-Up

Before you proceed, you need to download the Abaqus input file.

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