Now that you have created your assembly, you can configure your
analysis.
In this simulation we are interested in the static response of
the overhead hoist to a 10 kN load applied at the midspan, with the left-hand
end fully constrained and a roller constraint on the right-hand end (see
Figure 1).
This is a single event, so only a single analysis step is needed for the
simulation. Thus, the model will consist of two steps overall:
An initial step, in which you will apply boundary conditions that
constrain the ends of the frame.
An analysis step, in which you will apply a concentrated load at the
midspan of the frame.
Abaqus/CAE
generates the initial step automatically, but you must create the analysis step
yourself. You may also request output for any steps in the analysis.
There are two kinds of analysis steps in
Abaqus:
general analysis steps, which can be used to analyze linear or nonlinear
response, and linear perturbation steps, which can be used only to analyze
linear problems. Only general analysis steps are available in
Abaqus/Explicit.
For this simulation you will define a static linear perturbation step.
Perturbation procedures are discussed further in
Multiple Step Analysis.