2-D Static Truss

This is an introductory tutorial on the ANSYS software package that details how to solve a simple static truss problem. No previous knowledge of ANSYS is assumed in this tutorial.

Problem Specification

Determine the force in each member of the following truss. Indicate if the member is in tension or compression. The cross-sectional area of each member is 0.01 m, the Young's modulus is 200x10⁹ N/m² and Poisson ratio is 0.3.

The solution in ANSYS for this and subsequent tutorials is divided into the nine steps listed above. Note that you'll need to follow these same nine steps for solving almost any problem in ANSYS or a comparable finite-element analysis package.

Go to Step 1: Start-up and preliminary set-up