• Contains eight, step-by-step, tutorial style chapters progressing from simple to complex
• Covers problems involving truss, plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric, solid, beam, and plate structural elements
• Example problems in heat transfer, thermal stress, mesh creation and importing of CAD models are included
• Includes elementary orthotropic and composite plate examples
The eight chapters in this book introduce you to effective finite element problem solving by demonstrating the use of the comprehensive ANSYS FEM Release 2025 software in a series of step-by-step tutorials. The tutorials are suitable for either professional or student use.
The chapters discuss linear static response for problems involving truss, plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric, solid, beam, and plate structural elements. Example problems in heat transfer, thermal stress, mesh creation and transferring models from CAD solid modelers to ANSYS are also included.
The tutorials progress from simple to complex. Each chapter can be mastered in a short period of time, and chapters 1 through 7 should all be completed to obtain a thorough understanding of basic ANSYS structural analysis.
The concise treatment includes examples of truss, beam and shell elements completely updated for use with ANSYS APDL 2025.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Trusses
2. Plane Stress, Plane Strain
3. Axisymmetric Problems
4. 3-Dimensional Problems
5. Beams
6. Shells
7. Heat Transfer & Thermal Stress
8. Selected Topics
Index
