Bending of a cantilever beam

Model definition

Component	Dimensions
Cantilever beam	24 mm x 2 mm x 3 mm

Output Results:

• Maximum Z-displacement.

Material Data

• Aluminium

Property	Value
Poisson’s ratio	0.32
Young’s modulus	68 GPa

Boundary conditions

Name	Type	Value
left x-plane	clamped	[0,0,0]
top z-plane	load	[0,0,-1000]

Step-by-step guide

Here you’ll find a step-by-step tutorial on how to simulate this in Quanscient Allsolve

Step 1 - Create geometry

1. Start with a new project  

2. Click on box icon (May be add the icon??) under Create a geometry:  

3. In the geometry settings, provide the size of the box in meters: X=24e-3; Y=2e-3; Z=3e-3  

4. Click on Apply and then Confirm model changes.

Step 2 - Define regions and materials

1. Proceed to the Properties tab to define regions and materials.  

2. Click on the + icon next to Shared regions and select surface to create a new surface. Name the region as clamp. Select the surface highlighted in red and click on Apply to set this surface as the clamp region.

Note: Different ways of selecting the target region.  

3. Click again on the + icon next to Shared regions and select surface to create another new surface. Name the region as top. Select the surface highlighted in red and click on Apply to set this surface as the top region.  

4. Click on the + icon next to Materials and select Aluminium from the list and click Confirm. To apply this material on the geometry, Click on Add volume, select the beam volume and click Apply.  

Step 3 - Define the physics and apply boundary conditions

1. Proceed to the Physics tab to define physics and interactions.  

2. Click on the + icon to add a new physics. Select Solid mechanics.  

3. To apply this physics on the geometry, Click on Add volume, select the beam volume and click Apply.  

4. To add interactions, click on the + icon next to Solid mechanics and select Clamp. This boundary condition will constraint all components of the displacement vector in the targeted region to zero displacement: $u_x$=0, $u_y$=0, $u_z$=0.  

5. Select the predefined clamp surface as the target region and click on Apply.  

6. Similarly, add a new interaction Load. Select the predefined top surface as the target region and click on Apply.  

7. Enter -1000N as the value of the Force acting in the z-direction and click on Apply.  

Step 4 - Apply simulation settings

1. Proceed to the Simulations tab and add a new simulation by clicking the + icon.  

2. In Analysis Type, select Steady state and click on Apply.  

3. Click on Mesh, under Mesh quality and select Fine. To generate the mesh click on Apply & Mesh.  

4. Click on Show Preview to preview the generated mesh.  

5. Click on + icon next to the Outputs. Under Field outputs select Displacement field. The outputs allow to visualize the results of the simulation on the target region.  

6. To set the target region for the output, Click on Add volume, select the beam volume and click on Apply.

NOTE : if no region is specified, blah blah blah.  

7. Now click on Run simulation button. The simulation status changes from Not run to Running and after completion to Success.  

8. To add a visualization, click on + icon next to Visualizations. On this added visualization, click on + icon and select field u.  

9. To visualize the deformed geometry, select the Warp.  

10. Click on Activate current visualization.  

11. Click on refresh icon next to Scale factor to auto calculate and click on Apply.  

12. Click on Render to see the scaled up deformed geometry.