The Mechanical APDL Verification Manual consists of test case analyses demonstrating the analysis capabilities of the ANSYS, Inc. family of products. While these test cases demonstrate solutions to realistic analysis problems, the Mechanical APDL Verification Manual does not present them as step-by-step examples with lengthy data input instructions and printouts (unnecessary if you have at least some finite element experience). Be sure to review each test case's finite element model and input data with accompanying comments.
The Mechanical APDL Verification Manual includes the following structural static analysis test cases:
VM1 - Statically Indeterminate Reaction Force Analysis |
VM2 - Beam Stresses and Deflections |
VM4 - Deflection of a Hinged Support |
VM11 - Residual Stress Problem |
VM12 - Combined Bending and Torsion |
VM13 - Cylindrical Shell Under Pressure |
VM16 - Bending of a Solid Beam |
VM18 - Out-of-plane Bending of a Curved Bar |
VM20 - Cylindrical Membrane Under Pressure |
VM25 - Stresses in a Long Cylinder |
VM29 - Friction on a Support Block |
VM31 - Cable Supporting Hanging Loads |
VM36 - Limit Moment Analysis |
VM39 - Bending of a Circular Plate with a Center Hole |
VM41 - Small Deflection of a Rigid Beam |
VM44 - Bending of an Axisymmetric Thin Pipe Under Gravity Loading |
VM53 - Vibration of a String Under Tension |
VM59 - Lateral Vibration of an Axially Loaded Bar |
VM63 - Static Hertz Contact Problem |
VM78 - Transverse Shear Stresses in a Cantilever Beam |
VM82 - Simply Supported Laminated Plate Under Pressure |
VM127 - Buckling of a Bar with Hinged Ends |
VM135 - Bending of a Beam on an Elastic Foundation |
VM141 - Diametric Compression of a Disk |
VM148 - Bending of a Parabolic Beam |
VM183 - Harmonic Response of a Spring-Mass System |
VM199 - Viscoplastic Analysis of a Body Undergoing Shear Deformation |
VM201 - Rubber Cylinder Pressed Between Two Plates |
VM206 - Stranded Coil with Voltage Excitation |
VM211 - Rubber Cylinder Pressed Between Two Plates |
VM216 - Lateral Buckling of a Right-Angle Frame |
Tutorial examples can also be found on the Ansys customer site.