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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical 2D Quadrilateral Element Reply To: 2D Quadrilateral Element

dlooman
Ansys Employee

Usually the larger deflection (less stiff model) is the more correct one.  In such a short beam shear deformation would be significant.  It would be interesting to compare solutions for a long cantilever beam.  We have patch tests in the Verification Manual so it's unlikely the Ansys solution is wrong.

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