Sant Dnyaneshwar Shikshan Sanstha’s

ANNASAHEB DANGE
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
AND TECHNOLOGY, ASHTA
(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to Shivaji
University, Kolhapur )

Finite Element Methods Laboratory

Experiment 9

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Academic Year: 2024-25 Sem:VII

Submitted by

URN Number Roll No Name of Student

21071014 4109 Omkar S. Dhale
 NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS OF BUCKLING OF COLUMN

Problem 7.1
An Rectangular profile column is assumed to be fixed at the bottom end. The column is made up of
steel having the material properties of E=210 GPa and yield stress = 345 MPa. By using Ansys
workbench, determine the displacement, buckling stress acting on the column by considering the
Non-linear load case. The load is 1000 N acting at the top of the column. The length of the column is
1500mm.

Procedure:
1. File > Change Job Name > 21071014 > ok.
2. File > Change Title > Experiment 7.1 > ok.
3. Preferences > Structural > ok.
4. Preprocessor > Element Type > Add/Edit/Delete > add > Beam > 2 node 188 > ok.
5. Preprocessor > Material Properties > Material Models > Structural > Linear > Elastic > Isotropic >
EX = 210 GPa & PRxy = 0.3 > ok.
6. Preprocessor > Sections > Beam > Common Sections > Choose Rectangle > Breadth = 10 mm &
Height = 20 mm > ok.
7. Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > Keypoints > In ActiveCS > Keypoint number 1 > x = 0 & y =
0 > ok.
8. Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > Keypoints > In ActiveCS > Keypoint number 2 > x = 1500 &
y = 0 > ok.
9. Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > Lines > Straight Lines > Select Keypoints 1 & 2 > ok. 10.
Preprocessor > Meshing > Mesh Tools > Lines > Select Lines > Give no. of divisions > ok.
11. Preprocessor > Meshing > Mesh Tools > Mesh > ok.
12. Preprocessor > Loads > Define Loads > Apply > Structural > Displacement > On Keypoints >
select Keypoints 1 > All DOF > 0 > ok.
13. Preprocessor > Loads > Define Loads > Apply > Structural > Force/Moment > On Keypoints >
select Keypoints 2 > Fy > -1000 N > ok.
14. Solution > Solve > Current ls > ok.
15. General Postproc > Read Results > First Set > ok.
16. General Postproc > Plot results > Contour plot > Nodal solution > DOF solution > Displacement
Vector sum > Deformed Shape with undeformed model > ok.
17. Solution > Analysis Type > New Analysis > Eigen Buckling > ok.
18. Solution > Analysis Type > Analysis Options > No. of Modes to extrac > 2 > ok.
19. Solution > Load Step Opts > Output Ctrls > Solu Printout > Value of N > 2 > ok.
20. Solution > Load Step Opts > Expansion Pass > Single Expand > Expand Modes > No. of modes to
expand > 2 > Calculate Element results > Yes > ok.
21. Solution > Solve > Current ls > ok.
22. General Postproc > Read Results > First Set > ok.
23. General Postproc > Plot results > Contour plot > Nodal solution > DOF solution > Displacement
Vector sum > Deformed Shape with undeformed model > ok.
24. Solution > Analysis Type > New Analysis > Static > ok.
25. Solution > Analysis Type > Solution Controls > Analysis Options > Large Displacement Static >
Time at End of Loadstep > 1000 > Automatic Time stepping > Prog Chosen > Time Increment > Step
Size = 5 , Min. Time Step = 1 , Max. Time Step = 10 > ok.
26. Solution > Solve > Current ls > ok.
27. General Postproc > Read Results > First Set > ok.
28. General Postproc > Plot results > Contour plot > Nodal solution > DOF solution > Displacement
Vector sum > Deformed Shape with undeformed model > ok.
LINEAR:

Nodal solution

Von mises stress

BUCKLING:

Subspace DMX SMX

1 0.95495 0.95495

2 0.95507 0.95507

3 0.636677 0.636677
Problem 7.2
An I section profile column is assumed to be fixed at the bottom end. The column is made up of
Aluminium having the material properties of E=70 GPa and yield stress = 276 MPa. By using the
Ansys workbench determine the displacement, buckling stress acting on the column by considering
the Non-linear load case. The load is 1500 N acting at the top of the column. The length of the column
is 2000mm. Consider, Flange - 50mm, Web height - 65mm, Height of flange - 15mm, Thickness of
web-20mm.
1. File > Change Job Name > 21071014 > ok.
2. File > Change Title > Experiment 7.2 > ok.
3. Preferences > Structural > ok.
4. Preprocessor > Element Type > Add/Edit/Delete > add > Beam > 2 node 188 > ok.
5. Preprocessor > Material Properties > Material Models > Structural > Linear > Elastic > Isotropic >
EX = 70 GPa & PRxy = 0.3 > ok.
6. Preprocessor > Sections > Beam > Common Sections > Choose I Section > Enter Dimensions > ok.
7. Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > Keypoints > In ActiveCS > Keypoint number 1 > x = 0 & y =
0 > ok.
8. Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > Keypoints > In ActiveCS > Keypoint number 2 > x = 2000 &
y = 0 > ok.
9. Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > Lines > Straight Lines > Select Keypoints 1 & 2 > ok.
10. Preprocessor > Meshing > Mesh Tools > Lines > Select Lines > Give no. of divisions > ok.
11. Preprocessor > Meshing > Mesh Tools > Mesh > ok.
12. Preprocessor > Loads > Define Loads > Apply > Structural > Displacement > On Keypoints >
select Keypoints 1 > All DOF > 0 > ok.
13. Preprocessor > Loads > Define Loads > Apply > Structural > Force/Moment > On Keypoints >
select Keypoints 2 > Fy > -1500 N > ok.
14. Solution > Solve > Current ls > ok.
15. General Postproc > Read Results > First Set > ok.
16. General Postproc > Plot results > Contour plot > Nodal solution > DOF solution > Displacement
Vector sum > Deformed Shape with undeformed model > ok.
17. Solution > Analysis Type > New Analysis > Eigen Buckling > ok.
18. Solution > Analysis Type > Analysis Options > No. of Modes to extrac > 2 > ok.
19. Solution > Load Step Opts > Output Ctrls > Solu Printout > Value of N > 2 > ok.
20. Solution > Load Step Opts > Expansion Pass > Single Expand > Expand Modes > No. of modes to
expand > 2 > Calculate Element results > Yes > ok.
21. Solution > Solve > Current ls > ok.
22. General Postproc > Read Results > First Set > ok.
23. General Postproc > Plot results > Contour plot > Nodal solution > DOF solution > Displacement
Vector sum > Deformed Shape with undeformed model > ok.
24. Solution > Analysis Type > New Analysis > Static > ok.
25. Solution > Analysis Type > Solution Controls > Analysis Options > Large Displacement Static >
Time at End of Loadstep > 1000 > Automatic Time stepping > Prog Chosen > Time Increment > Step
Size = 5 , Min. Time Step = 1 , Max. Time Step = 10 > ok.
26. Solution > Solve > Current ls > ok.
27. General Postproc > Read Results > First Set > ok.
28. General Postproc > Plot results > Contour plot > Nodal solution > DOF solution > Displacement
Vector sum > Deformed Shape with undeformed model > ok.
LINEAR:
BUCKLING:
NODAL SOLUTION

Sr. No. SUBSPACE FACT DMX SMX

1 1 9.66467 1.00019 1.00019

2 2 29.811 1.00032 1.00032

3 3 86.7846 1 1

4 4 239.979 1 1

5 5 265.255 1 1

NON-LINEAR:
CONCLUSION: Thus, the given column was analysed by using mechanical APDL and determined
Buckling stress and displacement.