1Example14TitleTaperedcantileverbeamsubjectedtoaverticalloadatthefreeendDescriptionCalculatethedeflectionsofataperedcantileverbeamsubjectedtoaconcentratedloadatthefreeend.Structuralgeometryandanalysismodel2ModelAnalysisType2-Dstaticanalysis(X-Yplane)UnitSystemin,lbfDimensionLength50inDepth3~9inThickness2inElementPlateelement(Thicktype)MaterialModulusofelasticityE=30×106psiPoisson’sratioν=0.3ElementPropertyThicknesst=2inBoundaryConditionNodes6and12;ConstrainDxandDy.LoadCaseAconcentratedload,4000lbfisappliedtothenode1inthe-Ydirection.Example603ResultsY-displacementsofthestructure(Node1)4ComparisonofResultsUnit:inY-displacementNodeTheoreticalANSYSNISAIIMIDAS/Gen1-0.0971-0.0968-0.0956-0.0964References“ANSYS,EngineeringAnalysisSystemVerificationManual”,Revision4.4,SWANSONAnalysisSystems,Inc.,1990.VM5.“NISAII,VerificationManual”,Version91.0,EngineeringMechanicsResearchCorporation,1991
