Tutorial - Analysis of Rectangular beam under UDL in SolidWorks?

Sudhir Gill

8 Mar, 2012 08:25 AM

Here is the tutorial.

1. Step 1:

   Right plane >> Sketch.
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Draw a Rectangular cross-section of beam.
   

   

3. Step 3:

   Extrude it by 400mm.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Under simulation tab select New study under study advisor arrow.
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Keep the default settings for now and click OK.
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Right click Apply material since we have to apply material to the part in order to study the load effects.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Select alloy steel and click Apply and close.
   

   

8. Step 8:

   Click Fixed geometry under fixture advisor.
   

   

9. Step 9:

   Select the back right face for the fixed face.
   

   

10. Step 10:

    Click Force under external load advisor.
    

    

11. Step 11:

    Select the top face of the beam and input a force value of 10000N.
    

    

12. Step 12:

    Click OK. Now our model is prepared for study.
    

    

13. Step 13:

    Click Run to start solving our problem.
    

    

14. Step 14:

    The Solver will start and will take some time to solve the problem.
    

    

15. Step 15:

    After done it will show the stress distribution on the beam.
    

    

16. Step 16:

    Right click Stress1 and select Animate.
    

    

17. Step 17:

    Now we can see the animation of the stress distribution under loading.
    

    

18. Step 18:

    Select displacement1 for displacement analysis.
    

    

19. Step 19:

    For strain distribution click Strain1.