A beam of length L=1m, cylindrical cross-section with internal radius 20 mm andexternal 25 mm. The beam is made of steel with young’s modulus E= 11 2.09 10 × andpoison’s ratio 0.3 υ= . The material is assumed to be linear elastic and homogeneous. Thebeam is fixed at the left end and free at the right one. The applied load consists of a pointforce applied at the free end. The force magnitude is F=10 N.

- Modeling assumption

The beam geometry satisfies the assumption of 1-D modeling theory since the ratioof the beam’s length with respect to the beam’s thickness is greater than 16. The materialof the beam is linear, elastic, isotropic and homogeneous. The beam has a circular crosssectionand its longitudinal axis represents an axis of symmetry in the plane of bending and the loading is in the plane of bending.

This example shown in video, leads you through the Abaqus/CAE modeling process by using the Model Tree and showing you the basic steps used to create and analyze a simple model.

Tutorial By: Pr. Raresh Pascali & Fares Cherif

University of Houston