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

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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,

N,1,

N,2,400,

TYPE,1   

MAT,1

REAL,   

ESYS,0   

SECNUM,1 

TSHAP,LINE  

E,1,2

D,1,ALL,

F,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