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Old   November 15, 2017, 10:36
Red face Simple supported beam, incorrect solution
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Hello!

I'm new to ANSYS and don't quite get along with this software. I'm trying to do a simple analysis of beam shown below.



I specified beam section with MM: Processor -> Sections -> Beam -> Common Sections and applied R=0.02257(which corresponds to A=0.0016), N=12, T=8.

I keep getting this incorrect solution where beam is bending the opposite way than it's supposed to.



Here's my code:

Code:
 ENTER  /SHOW,DEVICE-NAME  TO ENABLE GRAPHIC DISPLAY
 ENTER  FINISH             TO LEAVE PREP7
 PRINTOUT KEY SET TO /GOPR (USE /NOPR TO SUPPRESS)

 ELEMENT TYPE       1 IS BEAM188      3-D 2-NODE BEAM
  KEYOPT( 1- 6)=        0      0      0        0      0      0
  KEYOPT( 7-12)=        0      0      0        0      0      0
  KEYOPT(13-18)=        0      0      0        0      0      0

 CURRENT NODAL DOF SET IS  UX    UY    UZ    ROTX  ROTY  ROTZ
  THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL

 *** PROPERTY TEMPERATURE TABLE    NUM. TEMPS=  1 ***
 SLOC=   1     0.000000

 PRINTOUT RESUMED BY /GOP

 PROPERTY TABLE EX    MAT=      1  NUM. POINTS=  1
 SLOC=   1    0.2100000E+12

 PROPERTY TABLE PRXY  MAT=      1  NUM. POINTS=  1
 SLOC=   1    0.3000000

 ALL CURRENT ANSYS DATA WRITTEN TO FILE NAME= Assignment5_try4.db
  FOR POSSIBLE RESUME FROM THIS POINT

 PRODUCE NODAL PLOT IN DSYS=  0

   INPUT SECTION ID NUMBER                1
   INPUT SECTION TYPE                 BEAM
   INPUT BEAM SECTION SUBTYPE         Circular Solid
   INPUT BEAM SECTION NAME

   BEAM SECTION WITH SECTION ID NUMBER      1 IS OFFSET TO CENTROID

   SECTION ID NUMBER IS:         1
   BEAM SECTION TYPE IS:     Circular Solid
   BEAM SECTION NAME IS:
   COMPUTED BEAM SECTION DATA SUMMARY:
    Area                 = 0.16001E-02
    Iyy                  = 0.20372E-06
    Iyz                  = 0.97194E-23
    Izz                  = 0.20372E-06
    Warping Constant     = 0.37199E-42
    Torsion Constant     = 0.40744E-06
    Centroid Y           = 0.41357E-18
    Centroid Z           =-0.15964E-17
    Shear Center Y       = 0.85597E-18
    Shear Center Z       = 0.33295E-18
    Shear Correction-yy  = 0.85698
    Shear Correction-yz  = 0.81254E-14
    Shear Correction-zz  = 0.85698

    Beam Section is offset to CENTROID of cross section

 KEYPOINT      1   X,Y,Z=   0.00000       0.00000       0.00000      IN CSYS=  0

 PLOT KEY POINTS FROM       1 TO       1 BY      1

 KEYPOINT      2   X,Y,Z=   10.0000       0.00000       0.00000      IN CSYS=  0

 PLOT KEY POINTS FROM       1 TO       2 BY      1

 KEYPOINT      3   X,Y,Z=   20.0000       0.00000       0.00000      IN CSYS=  0

 PLOT KEY POINTS FROM       1 TO       3 BY      1

 LINE CONNECTS KEYPOINTS      1     2
  LINE NO.=     1  KP1=      1  TAN1=   -1.0000   0.0000   0.0000
                   KP2=      2  TAN2=    1.0000   0.0000   0.0000

 LINE CONNECTS KEYPOINTS      2     3
  LINE NO.=     2  KP1=      2  TAN1=   -1.0000   0.0000   0.0000
                   KP2=      3  TAN2=    1.0000   0.0000   0.0000

 PLOT KEY POINTS FROM       1 TO       3 BY      1

 SET DIVISIONS ON ALL PICKED LINES
      TO  NDIV =   10,  SPACING RATIO =   1.000
 NDIV AND SPACE CAN BE OVERRIDDEN FOR CURVATURE OR PROXIMITY

 PLOT KEY POINTS FROM       1 TO       3 BY      1

 GENERATE NODES AND ELEMENTS   ON  ALL  PICKED   LINES

 NUMBER OF LINES MESHED     =         2
 MAXIMUM NODE NUMBER        =        21
 MAXIMUM ELEMENT NUMBER     =        20

 PRODUCE ELEMENT PLOT IN DSYS =   0

 PRODUCE ELEMENT PLOT IN DSYS =   0


 ***** ROUTINE COMPLETED *****  CP =        42.859



 *****  ANSYS SOLUTION ROUTINE  *****


 PERFORM A STATIC ANALYSIS
  THIS WILL BE A NEW ANALYSIS

 KP   NUMBERING KEY =  0

 LINE NUMBERING KEY =  0

 AREA NUMBERING KEY =  0

 VOLU NUMBERING KEY =  0

 NODE NUMBERING KEY =  1

 TABN NUMBERING KEY =  0

 SVAL NUMBERING KEY =  0

 DOMA NUMBERING KEY =  0

 NUMBER KEY SET TO  0  -1=NONE  0=BOTH  1=COLOR  2=NUMBER

 ELEM NUMBERING KEY =  0

 KP   NUMBERING KEY =  1

 LINE NUMBERING KEY =  0

 AREA NUMBERING KEY =  0

 VOLU NUMBERING KEY =  0

 NODE NUMBERING KEY =  1

 TABN NUMBERING KEY =  0

 SVAL NUMBERING KEY =  0

 DOMA NUMBERING KEY =  0

 NUMBER KEY SET TO  0  -1=NONE  0=BOTH  1=COLOR  2=NUMBER

 ELEM NUMBERING KEY =  0

 KP   NUMBERING KEY =  1

 LINE NUMBERING KEY =  0

 AREA NUMBERING KEY =  0

 VOLU NUMBERING KEY =  0

 NODE NUMBERING KEY =  1

 TABN NUMBERING KEY =  0

 SVAL NUMBERING KEY =  0

 DOMA NUMBERING KEY =  0

 NUMBER KEY SET TO  0  -1=NONE  0=BOTH  1=COLOR  2=NUMBER

 ELEM NUMBERING KEY =  1

 KP   NUMBERING KEY =  1

 LINE NUMBERING KEY =  0

 AREA NUMBERING KEY =  0

 VOLU NUMBERING KEY =  0

 NODE NUMBERING KEY =  1

 TABN NUMBERING KEY =  0

 SVAL NUMBERING KEY =  0

 DOMA NUMBERING KEY =  0

 NUMBER KEY SET TO  0  -1=NONE  0=BOTH  1=COLOR  2=NUMBER

 ELEM NUMBERING KEY =  0

 DISTANCE MULTIPLIER FOR WINDOW 1  0.7290

 DISTANCE FOR WINDOW 1   6.016

 PRODUCE ELEMENT PLOT IN DSYS =   0

 DISTANCE MULTIPLIER FOR WINDOW 1   1.372

 DISTANCE FOR WINDOW 1   8.252

 PRODUCE ELEMENT PLOT IN DSYS =   0


 SPECIFIED CONSTRAINT UX   FOR PICKED NODES
 REAL=  0.00000000       IMAG=  0.00000000
 ADDITIONAL DOFS=  UY

 ALL BOUNDARY CONDITION DISPLAY KEYS SET TO  1


 SPECIFIED CONSTRAINT UX   FOR PICKED NODES
 REAL=  0.00000000       IMAG=  0.00000000
 ADDITIONAL DOFS=  UY    UZ    ROTX  ROTY  ROTZ

 SPECIFIED SURFACE LOAD PRES FOR ALL PICKED BEAM ELEMENTS   LKEY = 2
     VALI,VALJ     =    -4000.0        -4000.0

 PRES LOAD SURFACE DISPLAY KEY =  1


 POINT LOAD ON ALL PICKED KEYPOINTS   LOAD LABEL = FY
      VALUES =     -15000.         0.0000
Here's my nodal solution:

Code:
 PRINT U    NODAL SOLUTION PER NODE
 
  ***** POST1 NODAL DEGREE OF FREEDOM LISTING *****                            
 
  LOAD STEP=     0  SUBSTEP=     1                                             
   TIME=    1.0000      LOAD CASE=   0                                         
 
  THE FOLLOWING DEGREE OF FREEDOM RESULTS ARE IN THE GLOBAL COORDINATE SYSTEM  
 
    NODE       UX           UY           UZ           USUM  
       1   0.0000       29.352       0.0000       29.352     
       2   0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000     
       3   0.0000       28.247       0.0000       28.247     
       4   0.0000       26.860       0.0000       26.860     
       5   0.0000       24.980       0.0000       24.980     
       6   0.0000       22.492       0.0000       22.492     
       7   0.0000       19.370       0.0000       19.370     
       8   0.0000       15.686       0.0000       15.686     
       9   0.0000       11.603       0.0000       11.603     
      10   0.0000       7.3786       0.0000       7.3786     
      11   0.0000       3.3628       0.0000       3.3628     
      12   0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000     
      13   0.0000      -2.3608       0.0000       2.3608     
      14   0.0000      -3.7286       0.0000       3.7286     
      15   0.0000      -4.2790       0.0000       4.2790     
      16   0.0000      -4.1876       0.0000       4.1876     
      17   0.0000      -3.6302       0.0000       3.6302     
      18   0.0000      -2.7823       0.0000       2.7823     
      19   0.0000      -1.8197       0.0000       1.8197     
      20   0.0000     -0.91800       0.0000      0.91800     
      21   0.0000     -0.25288       0.0000      0.25288     

 MAXIMUM ABSOLUTE VALUES
 NODE          0            1            0            1
 VALUE    0.0000       29.352       0.0000       29.352

Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thank You in advance!
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