Finite Element Analysis - 1D Elements - LINK in ANSYS - Problem 1 - Keypoints & Lines

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How to Run Commands:

• Option 1 - Type below APDL commands one by one in ANSYS Command Prompt.
• Option 2 - Copy and paste all APDL commands given below in ANSYS Command Prompt.
• Option 3 - Copy and paste all APDL commands given below in Notepad and save as .txt or .inp file. Go to ANSYS and read file in ANSYS using File->Read Input From and then select the txt/inp file which is saved just now.

After successfully running commands, go to Utility Menu->Parameters->Scalar Parameters. Quantitative results are listed in this option. 

/COM, Problem 1 - LINK180
/COM, PREPROCESSING 

/PREP7
ET,1,LINK180

MP,EX,1,200E3

SECTYPE,1,LINK, ,AREA   
SECDATA,3.14*10*10,

K,1,
K,2,400,

L,1,2,
LATT,1, ,1, , , ,1  
LESIZE,1,,,1
LMESH,1,

DK,1,ALL,
FK,2,FX,40000 

/ESHAPE,1.0 

/SOLU
ANTYPE,0
SOLVE

/POST1
PLDISP,2
PLNSOL, U,SUM, 0,1.0
*GET,MAX_DISPLACEMENT,PLNSOL,0,MAX
PLESOL, S,EQV, 0,1.0
*GET,MAX_STRESS,PLNSOL,0,MAX
PLESOL, EPTO,EQV, 0,1.0 
*GET,MAX_STRAIN,PLNSOL,0,MAX