{"id":160137,"date":"2022-09-26T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-aim-tutorial-cantilever-beam-modal-analysis\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T06:33:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T06:33:35","slug":"discovery-aim-tutorial-cantilever-beam-modal-analysis","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-aim-tutorial-cantilever-beam-modal-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery AIM tutorial &#8211; Cantilever Beam Modal Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This example is\u00a0taken from\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/confluence.cornell.edu\/display\/SIMULATION\/ANSYS+AIM+-+Cantilever+Beam+Modal+Analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Cornell University&#8217;s ANSYS AIM Learning Modules<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<nav class=\"toc -selected\">Contents<\/p>\n<ol class=\"toc__section -lev0\">\n<li class=\"toc__item -lev0\">Problem Specification<\/li>\n<li class=\"toc__item -lev0\">Geometry<\/li>\n<li class=\"toc__item -lev0\">Mesh<\/li>\n<li class=\"toc__item -lev0\">Physics\u00a0Setup<\/li>\n<li class=\"toc__item -lev0\">Results<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<h4 content_id=\"problem-specification\" class=\"toc__permalink\" content_id=\"problem-specification\" class=\"toc__permalink\"  id=\"PROBLEM-SPECIFICATION\"><strong>Problem Specification<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Consider an aluminium beam that is clamped at one end, with the following dimensions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157111\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/hg96.png\" alt=\" width=\"167\" height=\"125\" \/><br \/>\nThe aluminium used for the beam has the following material properties.<\/p>\n<p>Using ANSYS Discovery\u00a0AIM find the first six natural frequencies of the beam and the mode shapes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 content_id=\"geometry\" class=\"toc__permalink\" content_id=\"geometry\" class=\"toc__permalink\"  id=\"GEOMETRY\"><strong>Geometry<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In this video, you will learn to create a cantilever beam for the modal analysis according to the dimensions specified.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vidyard_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/play.vidyard.com\/krdDY1fScXAdjYwShxhnoH.html?v=3.1.1&amp;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 content_id=\"mesh\" class=\"toc__permalink\" content_id=\"mesh\" class=\"toc__permalink\"  id=\"MESH\"><strong>Mesh<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In this\u00a0example, we will be using\u00a0<strong>Automatic\u00a0Physics-Aware Meshing<\/strong>.\u00a0Automatic physics-aware meshing helps automate and simplify your problem setup. With automatic physics-aware meshing, the computational mesh is generated automatically based on the solution fidelity setting and the\u00a0physics inputs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 content_id=\"physicssetup\" class=\"toc__permalink\" content_id=\"physicssetup\" class=\"toc__permalink\"  id=\"PHYSICS-SETUP\"><strong>Physics\u00a0Setup<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In this video, you will learn to assign material and\u00a0modify it according to the problem specification and also assign boundary conditions for the cantilever beam.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vidyard_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/play.vidyard.com\/4SwTmczp4tpUj53WPUQpYj.html?v=3.1.1&amp;\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 content_id=\"results\" class=\"toc__permalink\" content_id=\"results\" class=\"toc__permalink\"  id=\"RESULTS\"><strong>Results<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In this video, you will see how to extract the frequencies for all the modes and also determine the mode shape and contours.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vidyard_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/play.vidyard.com\/jNbMboKCswgzo2wKD2oXnp.html?v=3.1.1&amp;\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-160137","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-aim-tutorial","topic-tag-discovery","topic-tag-modal","topic-tag-structures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["09-13-2022  20:20:14"],"_bbp_forum_id":["159552"],"_btv_view_count":["1265"],"family":[""],"application_name":[""],"product_version":[""],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"]},"test":"solution"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/160137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/160137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}