Author: Madison Hill, ANSYS
Problem Specification
1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
2. Geometry
3. Mesh
4. Physics Setup
5. Numerical Results
Physics Setup
The video below demonstrates how to specify the materials and boundary conditions. Instead of the spatially varying wind load in the problem description, we will specify a uniform pressure for WX2 equal to the maximum value, which is a worst-case scenario.
Summary of steps in above video:
- Change the material of the sign and application surface to Massless Steel.
- Apply a force to the side of the sign, with 8000 lbf in the Y direction, naming it FY1.
- Apply another force to the top of the sign, with -11700 lbf in the Z direction, naming it WZ1.
- Apply a pressure to the application surface, with a pressure of 34.722 psi, naming it WX2.
- Apply an inertial load in the negative Z-direction.
- Apply a fixed support to the bottom face of the post.
- Solve the physics.