ABAQUS Report (Simply Supported Beam)

When we First open the

Abaqus, it will look like
this and then we have to
click on the
Standard/Explicit Model
from the dialog box.

Then, we have to
select part module.

Now, we have to click on the

rectangular box to make the
Simply Supported beam.
 Now, we can set the dimensions of
the simply supported beam. I have
given 200mm in length, 10mm in
thickness and 1mm in width.

This is the final 2d simply supported

beam made. Now we will do the
partition so that we can apply the
load in the middle.

Now, Click on the Partition Face as shown in the figure so that we can apply the load in the
mid position of the simply supported beam.
 This is the final look of the simply supported beam after partition.

Now, we will go to the Property

module, to set the young’s modulus
and Poisson’s ratio of our material.
In this problem, I have taken the
aluminium material.

Now, we will click on the Create

Material section in the property
module to give the properties of our
material.
 Now, we will click on Mechanical,
and then go to elasticity and then to
elastic and click on it.

Now, we will enter the Young’s

Modulus and the Poisson’s ratio of
our material and then click on OK.

Now we will go to the Create

Section button to create a section.

Then, we will select the shown

options and then click on continue.
 When we click on continue, another
dialog box will open, in it we will
check the Plane stress/strain option
and then click on OK.

Now, we will go to the Assign

section to assign it.

After clicking Assign Section, we will

click on our beam and then click on
Done button at the bottom.

After clicking Done button, the

shown dialog box will appear, we
just have to select the given options
and then click on OK.
 When we will click the done button,
the colour of our part will change,
and this will ensure us that all the
things we have done is right till now.

Now, we will go to the Assembly

Module.

Now we will create instance of our

beam.

We just have to select the shown

settings and then click on OK.
 Now, we have done the assembly.

Now, we will go to the Step Module.

In the Step Module, We will create

Step and will click on the button as
shown in figure.

Then, a dialog box will appear, in it,

we will select the given option and
click on continue.
 Then again a new dialog box will
appear , we just have to click on OK
with mentioned settings.

Now we will go to the Load module

to apply the load in our beam.

Now, we will create load in our

beam by clicking on the button as
shown in the figure.

After clicking on it, a dialog box will

appear, We just have to select the
shown options and click on
continue.
 Now, we will select the point at
which the concentrated load will
act. So we will click on the point as
shown in figure and then we will
click on the Done button at the
bottom.

After clicking it, a dialog box will

appear , so that we can enter the
value of our concentrated force. So
we will give the value (which is 20 N
in our case).

After giving the Value of our

concentrated force to 20N, we will
click on OK.

Now we will give the Boundary

Condition for our Cantilever Beams.
So we will click on the shown
button.
 After clicking on it, we will choose
Displacement/Rotation Option and
then click on Continue.

Then we will choose the line at

which we want to apply the
boundary condition and then click
on Done button placed at the
bottom.

Now, we will give the boundary

conditions for our Cantilever Beam
and then click on OK.

Now, we will give similarly the

second boundary condition and
then we will go to the mesh module.
 Hence, now we are going in Mesh
Module after clicking the shown
options.

Now, we will click on Seed part

Instance button to create the mesh.

Then we will change the Object

from Assembly to Part.

After clicking on it, a dialog box will

appear and in it we will give the
global size of the mesh and then
click on Ok.
 Hence, Our Mesh will be complete,
now we will go to the Job Module.

We will click on the Create Job

Option and then select Model and
then click on continue.

Then, a dialog box will appear and in

it we just have to click OK leaving all
the values to default.

Now, we will submit our created job

by clicking on the submit option and
when it gets completed, click on the
Result Option to get the result.
 This is the Mises Results

This is the Deflection Curve.

This is the Maximum Deflection

 Result Validation

Analytical Solution

Maximum Deflection of a Simply Supported Beam is given by,

𝑃𝐿3
𝛿=
48𝐸𝐼
Where,
E = Modulus of Elasticity = 75000 MPa (Aluminium)
𝐵𝑡 3 1∗103
I = Moment of Inertia = = = 83.33 𝑚𝑚
12 12

P = Load Applied = 20N

L = Length of the beam = 200 mm

t = Thickness of the beam = 10 mm

B = Breadth of the beam = 1 mm

Hence Our Analytical Deflection will be,

𝑃𝐿3 20 ∗ 2003
𝛿= = = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟏 𝒎𝒎
48𝐸𝐼 48 ∗ 75000 ∗ 83.33

Comparison Of Results.

Quantity Abaqus Analytical Percentage of error Remark

The error is
overestimation. It is due to
Maximum Deflection 0.2524 0.31 − 0.2524
δmax
0.31 mm = 18.5 % the size of the mesh. With
mm 0. .31 more finer mesh, better
results can be obtained.