Combination of Link and Beam:

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Preprocessor:
Choosing structural to update all mechanical and physical properties such as Loads, stresses .. etc.

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First choose LINK: 2D if available for easy solution, if not choose 3D

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Second choose BEAM: 2D if available for easy solution, if not choose 2 node 188.

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Add Real Constants: Enter cross sectional Area for LINK as in the problem figure. For BEAM, if we use version 11 and below, we can Add constants and enter Area of BEAM, but here in version 14 , there are NO constants for BEAM so we can Add constants in Sections.

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e: means exponential 2e11: means 200000000000 PRXY : start from 0 and less than 1, here take it 0 If we have DENSITY we have to enter it in the material properties.

This must be 2e11 in this example

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Set ID=1 then choose Sub-type as in the problem, then fill in the dimensions below. B = 2.5e-3 , we know that after divide Area by h in the figure. H = 2.54e-3 directly from figure.

Sections used with BEAMS and Lines. We cant use Sections with SOLIDS and Areas.

Nb and Nh mean number of divisions for section, they give smoothness and flexibility for section, we assumed about 30, they are same Segments in 3D max.(its important).

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New method for drawing by using COMMAND LINE: K : keypoint NPT : number of point X,Y,Z : coordinates Then press ( Enter )

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It will be like this.

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New method for drawing by using COMMAND LINE: L : Line 1 : keypoint 1 2 : keypoint 2 This means connection between 1 and 2 Then press (ENTER)

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It will be like this.

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From Mesh Attribute: Choose Picked Lines, then pick BEAM Lines as in the fig. below, then Apply.

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Since we use version 14 , we have to choose Element type as 2 BEAM188 as in the fig. and left Real constant set number as 1 , this means that we want BEAM with number 2 for Lines that already picked , and LINK with number 1 to the remaining Lines.

Press OK ANSYS now understand that picked lines as a BEAM, and other lines as a LINK.
Note: in version 11 and below we can choose from window above BEAM as a number 2 in the Element type and number 2 in the Real constant for a picked lines, then Apply .. then pick remaining lines and choose LINK as a number 1 in the Element type and number 1 in the Real constant.
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Apply Meshing: For BEAM let us say ( 10 ) For LINK enter ( 1 ) compulsory Then Mesh: Pick All Lines.

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All DOF

All DOF

Press UX, UY, UZ, ROTX, ROTY. And left only ROTZ , because we have rotation about Z.

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Apply force ( -3000 )

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After choosing (By Sequence ) From left table, then choose (SMISC) from right table, then in the rectangle below enter number 2 as in the figure, it will be (SMISC, 2) this code relate to find (Shear Force at ith node)
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SMISC, 2 SMISC, 8 SMISC, 6 SMISC, 12 NMISC, 1 NMISC, 2 NMISC, 3 NMISC, 4

Shear force at ith node Shear force at jth node Bending moment at ith node Bending moment at jth node Maximum stress at ith node Minimum stress at ith node Maximum stress at jth node Minimum stress at jth node

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It should be like this

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Choose any code to Plot element as in the figure.

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Choose any code to show in the List, or choose many codes in one time to show in the List.

Attention: these results for Elements not for Nodes.

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In this window we select different codes one for node I and another for node J to see the difference Plot between them a in the figure. In this fig. we chose SMISC2 and SMISC8 to see the difference between the shear force at ith node and shear force at jth node.

Note: there must be a relationship between chosen codes for I and j for example: SMISC2 & SMISC8 NMISC1 & NMISC2 or or SMISC6 NMISC3 & & SMISC12 NMISC4

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