Problem Specification
1. Start-up and preliminary set-up
2. Specify element type and constants
3. Specify material properties
4. Specify geometry
5. Mesh geometry
6. Specify boundary conditions
7. Solve!
8. Postprocess the results
9. Validate the results
Select Main Menu > Preprocessor > Material Props > Material Models
In the Define Material Model Behavior menu, double-click on Structural, Linear, Elastic, and Isotropic.
Enter E for Young's modulus EX, nu for Poisson's Ratio PRXY.
Click OK.
Double-click on Density under Structural.
Enter rho
for DENS.
Click OK.
This completes the specification for Material Model #1. Close the Define Material Model Behavior menu.
Click on the SAVE_DB button in the ANSYS Toolbar.
Go to Step 4: Specify geometry