Tutorial - Analysis of Circular beam under UDL in SolidWorks?

Sudhir Gill

8 Mar, 2012 08:30 AM

Here is the tutorial.

1. Step 1:

   Right plane >> Sketch.
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Draw a circle of 50mm diameter.
   

   

3. Step 3:

   Extrude it by 500mm.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Right click Material and select alloy steel.
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Now go to Simulation tab and select New study under study advisor.
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Keep the default settings and click OK.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Click Fixture advisor and Select fixed geometry.
   

   

8. Step 8:

   Select the right back face as the fixed face.
   

   

9. Step 9:

   Make the Top plane visible.
   

   

10. Step 10:

    Select Force under External Loads Advisor.
    

    

11. Step 11:

    Select the face and the top plane as the selected direction. Under force tab enable Z and input a value of 10000N with reverse direction.
    

    

12. Step 12:

    Now our model is prepared for analysis.
    

    

13. Step 13:

    Click Run to start the solver.
    

    

14. Step 14:

    Now we have the stress distribution and the whole study analysis.
    

    

15. Step 15:

    For displacement distribution click Displacement1.