Exercise 1

A steel bar with E=200GPa and a Poisson's ratio of 0.3 is loaded as shown with a distributed load totaling 50,000 N applied to the right end. The bar is 10 mm thick, and other dimensions are give in millimeters.

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To impose the x-displacement constraint at the left, bottom corner, highlight Static Structural in the tree and use Supports > Displacement as shown in the figure below. Also, click on the "vertex selection filter" and then select the vertex that you need to constrain.  Constrain this vertex in the x-direction and allow it to be free in the y-direction.

2. You can save a copy of a plot using the following icon in the top menu:

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