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Transient Analysis for Beam With a Constant Velocity

Geometry creation

1. Create a straight line.

On the command bar, select the module for constructing geometry (Mode — Geometry, Entity— Curve, Action — Create).

Select Line in the list of geometric elements.

Create it using Locations.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Meshing

1. On the command bar, select the mesh module (Mode — Mesh, Entity — Curve, Action — Mesh).

Specify the parameters of mesh refinement:

Click Apply Size.

Click Mesh.

Setting the material and properties of blocks

In the command bar, select the module for specifying material properties (Mode — Material, Entity — Material Management).

Drag "Steel" from the "Imported Material"   column to the "Material" window.

Click Apply.

Close the Material management window.

2. Create the block of one type of the material.

On the command bar, select the block management module (Mode - Blocks, Entity - Block, Action - Add).

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

3. Set block parameters.

On the command bar, select the block management module (Mode - Blocks, Entity - Block, Action - Block properties/parameters).

Set the following parameters:

Set the properties of the beam, to do this, click on the button . From the Section profile drop-down list, select I-beam.

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Close the Set Beam Properties window.

Click Apply.

Setting boundary conditions

1.Fix the vertex 2 at all directions.

On the command panel, select the boundary conditions module (Mode — Boundary Conditions, Entity — Displacement, Action — Create).

  Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

2. Set the velocity.

On the command panel, select the boundary conditions module (Mode - Boundary Conditions, Entity - Velocity, Action - Create).

Set the following parameters:

Click Apply.

Starting calculation

1. Specify the type of problem you want to solve.

On the command bar, select the calculation settings module (Mode - Calculation Settings, Calculation Settings - Transient Analysis, Transient - General).

Set the solver settings:

Click Apply.

Click Start Calculation.

2. In a pop-up window select a folder to save the result and enter the file name.

3. In the case of a successful calculation, the console displays the message: Calculation finished successfully at "date" "time".

Results analysis

1. Open the file with the results. There are three ways to do it.

The FidesysViewer window will appear, in which you can view the calculation results.

On the top panel, select the calculation result data to display. From the first drop-down list select Displacements, from the second - Magnitude.

Connect the Warp By Vector filter (Menu - Alphabetical  - Warp by Vector). Or use the corresponding button on the command panel:

In the Step window set 0 - the initial view of the model.

t=0

By switching steps from 0.5 to 2, you can view the deformed view of the model at all steps.

t=1

t=1.5

t=0.5

t=2

Using Console Interface

Geometry creating, meshing, setting boundary conditions and materials can be performed using the console interface. Below is a link to the program code that allows you to perform the steps described above manual, you only need to specify the full path and name.

velocity_example