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Stress Analysis

Stress Analysis

Stress Analysis

(OP)
Hello everyone,

I am learning inventor and have a question about the stress analysis portion.  I have a simply supported beam I would like to run an analysis on and am having trouble defining the fixed constraint.  I need a pin type constraint, but I can only seem to define a full face constraint...  Maybe that makes sense...  Here’s what I have:

I have a tube with a force applied directly in the middle of the tube, perpendicular to its axis.  I want each end to be supported by a pin, one which can move horizontally (simplest beam bending situation there is to my knowledge).  How do I simulate this?  I can do it easily by hand, but I am trying to learn inventor and would like to compare the two.

Thanks!

RE: Stress Analysis

(OP)
Oh, forgot to tell you I am using Inventor 9 Pro.

Thanks!

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