ANSYS Practice Examples

Trusses
1. Consider the following planar truss, constructed of wooden timbers, which can be used in
parallel to form bridges. Determine the deflections at each joint of the truss under the given
loading conditions.

2. The roof truss shown below is made of Douglas fir timbers of a 5 mm × 5 mm cross

section. Use ANSYS Workbench to determine the truss deformation and the support reaction
forces.
3. The truss tower crane shown below is made of structural steel rectangular bars of a 3 mm ×
3 mm cross section. Use ANSYS Workbench to determine the truss deformation and the
support reaction forces.

4. The truss transmission tower shown below is made of structural steel members of a 2.5 mm
× 2.5 mm cross section. Use ANSYS Workbench to determine the truss deformation and the
support reactions.
 Beams and frames
2. Solve the following structural frames using ANSYS Workbench to determine the deformation
and stresses in the frame members.
(a) Steel framing systems provide cost-effective solutions for low-rise buildings. They have
high strength-to-weight ratios, and can be prefabricated and custom designed. Consider the
following two-storey building constructed with structural steel I-beams. Determine the
deformations and the stresses in the frame when a uniform load of 50 kN/m is applied on the
second floor as shown below.

(b) The frame structure is constructed with structural steel I-beams of given crosssection
dimensions and is used to support a uniform load of 6 kN/m as shown below.
(c) The hoist frame shown in the following figure has 76 mm wide and 3 mm thick square tubes
and is made of structural steel. Use ANSYS Workbench to determine the deformation and the
stresses in the frame.

(d) The bike frame shown in the figure below has hollow circular tubes (24 mm outer diameter
and 2 mm thick) and is made of aluminium alloy.
 2-D Analysis:
Meshing and its types
1) Problem Description: A combination wrench is a convenient tool that is used to apply torque
to loosen or tighten a fastener. The wrench shown below is made of stainless steel and has a
thickness of 3 mm. Determine the maximum deformation and the distribution of von Mises
stresses under the given distributed load and boundary conditions.

2) The torque arm shown below is a 5 mm thick automotive component made of structural steel
with a Young’s modulus of 200 GPa and a Poisson’s ratio of 0.3. Using ANSYS Workbench,
determine the deformation and von Mises stress distributions under the given load and
boundary conditions.

3) Consider a straight and long hexagonal pipe under internal pressure as shown below. The
pipe is made of stainless steel with a Young’s modulus of 193 GPa and a Poisson’s ratio of
0.27. Using ANSYS Workbench, determine the maximum in-plane deformation and the
maximum von Mises stress under the given load and boundary conditions.
4) Consider a straight and deep tunnel under external pressure. The tunnel is made of
concrete with a Young’s modulus of 29 GPa and a Poisson’s ratio of 0.15. Using ANSYS
Workbench, determine the maximum in-plane deformation and the maximum in-plane von
Mises stress under the given load and boundary conditions.