1Example10TitleTaperedcantileverbeamsubjectedtoaconcentratedloadatthefreeendDescriptionAconcentratedloadisappliedatthefreeendofataperedcantileverbeam.Analyzethistaperedcantileverbeammodeledwithbeamandsolidelementsindividually.Structuralgeometryandanalysismodel2ModelAnalysisType3-DstaticanalysisUnitSystemcm,kgfDimensionLength500cmElementTaperedbeamelementMaterialSteelModulusofelasticitysteelE=2.1×106kgf/cm2Poisson’sratioν=0.3SectionPropertyFixedendsectionH60×20×(4/3)/1.5FreeendsectionH30×20×(4/3)/1.5IyyvariesparabolicallyandothersectionpropertiesvarylinearlyBoundaryConditionNode1;ConstrainallDOFsLoadCaseAconcentratedload,100kgfisappliedtothenode2ineachdirectionofX,YandZfortheloadcases1,2and3respectively.Example603ResultsDisplacementsComparisonofResultsUnit:cmLoadCaseDisplacementSAP2000MIDAS/Gen1X0.00020730.00020732Y0.98847550.98920343Z0.04038680.0403868ReferenceTomasJ.R.Hughes“TheFiniteElementMethod”,Chapter5
