Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

Select Utility Menu> Select> Entities.

Make sure Areas are still selected and click Sele All.

Click OK.

Select Main Menu> Solution> Define Loads> Apply> Structural> Displacement> On Keypoints.

Pick the middle keypoint on the bottom of the bolt (KeyP No. = 1) and click OK in the picker.

Choose UX and UZ for DOFs to be constrained (Lab2) and click Apply to accept your choices and return
to the picker.

Pick the middle keypoint on the top of the bolt (KeyP No. = 12) and click OK in the picker.

Choose UX for DOFs to be constrained (Lab2) and click OK.

Select Main Menu> Solution> Define Loads> Apply> Structural> Pretensn Sectn.

Choose 1 Example under Pretension Sections.

Enter 100 for Force (under Pretension Load) and click OK.

Select Utility Menu> File> Change Title.

Change the title to “Sample Application of PSMESH - Preload Only” and click OK.

Select Main Menu> Solution> Solve> Current LS.

Review the information in the /STATUS Command window and click OK to begin the solution.

Click Close when the Solution is Done message appears.

2.8.4.8. Postprocessing: Pretension Results

Select Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Contour Plot> Nodal Solu. The Contour Nodal
Solution Data dialog box appears.

Select Stress from the scroll box on the left and Z-direction (SZ) from the scroll box on the right and click
OK.

2.8.4.9. Solution: Apply Thermal Gradient

Select Main Menu> Solution> Analysis Type> Restart. Close any warning messages that appear.

Select Main Menu> Solution> Define Loads> Settings> Uniform Temp.

Enter 150 for the uniform temperature and click OK.

Select Utility Menu> File> Change Title.

Change the title to “Sample Application of PSMESH - Uniform 150 deg” and click OK.

Select Main Menu> Solution> Solve> Current LS.

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