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Loads and Material Properties

Step-by-Step ANSYS Solution

1. Enter ANSYS in the working directory specified by your instructor
using “pipe-th-str” as the jobname.
2. Resume the pipe-th.db database file from Workshop 3 (or pipe-th.
db1):
Utility Menu > File > Resume from …
Select “pipe-th.db”, then [OK]
Or issue: RESUME,pipe-th,db
3. Set the GUI Preferences to Structural:
Main Menu > Preferences …
Select “Structural” and unselect “Thermal”, then [OK]
4. Change the title:
Utility Menu > File > Change Title ... /TITLE = “2D AXI-SYMM
THERMAL-STRESS ANALYSIS W/ INT. PRESS - ESIZE=0.125”
[OK]