1Example12TitleCantileverbeamwithanin-planeverticalloadatthefreeend.DescriptionFinddeflectionsofthecantileverbeamsubjectedtoanin-planeverticalloadatthefreeend.Structuralgeometryandanalysismodel2ModelAnalysisType2-Dstaticanalysis(X-Yplane)UnitSystemin,lbfDimensionLength3.0inDepth0.6inThickness0.1inElementPlateelement(Thicktype)MaterialModulusofelasticityE=10.7×106psiPoisson’sratioν=0.3ElementPropertySizea×b=1.5in×0.1inThicknesst=0.1inBoundaryConditionNodes1,3,5~9;ConstrainDxandDy.LoadCaseAnin-planeverticalload,P=120lbfisdistributedoverthefreeendnodesasnotedbelow.Topandbottomnodes2and4=10lbfIntermediatenodes17∼21=20lbfExample123ResultsY-displacementsofthestructure(Node2)4ComparisonofResultsUnit:inNode2MSC/NASTRANSTAAD/PROMIDAS/GenMaximumδy-0.05224233-0.05438000-0.05243585References“MSC/NASTRANVerificationProblemManual”,V.64,TheMacNeal-SchwendlerCorporation,1986,ProblemNo.V2408A.“STAAD-III/ISDS,GettingStartedandExampleManual",ResearchEngineers,Inc.,1994.
