ANSYS Verification Manual – Problem Description

VM1 - Statically Indeterminate Reaction Force Analysis

VM2 - Beam Stresses and Deflections

VM3 - Thermally Loaded Support Structure

VM4 - Deflection of a Hinged Support

VM5 - Laterally Loaded Tapered Support Structure

VM6 - Pinched Cylinder

VM7 - Plastic Compression of a Pipe Assembly

VM8 - Parametric Calculation of Point-to-Point Distances

VM9 - Large Lateral Deflection of Unequal Stiffness Springs

VM10 - Bending of a Tee-Shaped Beam

VM11 - Residual Stress Problem

VM12 - Combined Bending and Torsion

VM13 - Cylindrical Shell Under Pressure

VM14 - Large Deflection Eccentric Compression of a Column

VM15 - Bending of a Circular Plate Using Axisymmetric Elements

VM16 - Bending of a Solid Beam (Plane Elements)

VM17 - Snap-Through Buckling of a Hinged Shell

VM18 - Out-of-Plane Bending of a Curved Bar

VM19 - Random Vibration Analysis of a Deep Simply-Supported Beam

VM20 - Cylindrical Membrane Under Pressure

VM21 - Tie Rod with Lateral Loading

VM22 - Small Deflection of a Belleville Spring

VM23 - Thermal-structural Contact of Two Bodies

VM24 - Plastic Hinge in a Rectangular Beam

VM25 - Stresses in a Long Cylinder

VM26 - Large Deflection of a Cantilever

VM27 - Thermal Expansion to Close a Gap

VM28 - Transient Heat Transfer in an Infinite Slab

VM29 - Friction on a Support Block

VM30 - Solid Model of Surface Fillet

VM31 - Cable Supporting Hanging Loads

VM32 - Thermal Stresses in a Long Cylinder

VM33 - Transient Thermal Stress in a Cylinder

VM34 - Bending of a Tapered Plate (Beam)

VM35 - Bimetallic Layered Cantilever Plate with Thermal Loading

VM36 - Limit Moment Analysis

VM37 - Elongation of a Solid Bar

VM38 - Plastic Loading of a Thick-Walled Cylinder

VM39 - Bending of a Circular Plate with a Center Hole

VM40 - Large Deflection and Rotation of a Beam Pinned at One End

VM41 - Small Deflection of a Rigid Beam

VM42 - Barrel Vault Roof Under Self Weight

VM43 - Bending of an Axisymmetric Thick Pipe

VM44 - Bending of an Axisymmetric Thin Pipe

VM45 - Natural Frequency of a Spring-Mass System

VM46 - Flow Between Rotating Concentric Cylinders

VM47 - Torsional Frequency of a Suspended Disk

VM48 - Natural Frequency of a Motor-Generator

VM49 - Electrostatic Field Analysis of Quadpole Wires

VM50 - Fundamental Frequency of a Simply Supported Beam

VM51 - Electrostatic Forces Between Charged Spheres

VM52 - Automobile Suspension System Vibration

VM53 - Vibration of a String Under Tension

VM54 - Vibration of a Rotating Cantilever Blade

VM55 - Vibration of a Stretched Circular Membrane

VM56 - Hyperelastic Thick Cylinder Under Internal Pressure

VM57 - Torsional Frequencies of a Drill Pipe

VM58 - Centerline Temperature of a Heat Generating Wire

VM59 - Lateral Vibration of an Axially-loaded Bar

VM60 - Natural Frequency of a Cross-ply Laminated Shell

VM61 - Longitudinal Vibration of a Free-free Rod

VM62 - Vibration of a Wedge

VM63 - Static Hertz Contact Problem

VM64 - Thermal Expansion to Close a Gap at a Rigid Surface

VM65 - Transient Response of a Ball Impacting a Flexible Surface

VM66 - Vibration of a Flat Plate

VM67 - Radial Vibrations of a Circular Ring

VM68 - PSD Response of a Two DOF Spring-mass System

VM69 - Seismic Response

VM70 - Seismic Response of a Beam Structure

VM71 - Transient Response of a Spring-Mass-Damper System

VM72 - Logarithmic Decrement

VM73 - Free Vibration with Coulomb Damping

VM74 - Transient Response to an Impulsive Excitation

VM75 - Transient Response to a Step Excitation

VM76 - Harmonic Response of a Guitar String

VM77 - Transient Response to a Constant Force

VM78 - Transverse Shear Stresses in a Cantilever Beam

VM79 - Transient Response of a Bilinear Spring Assembly

VM80 - Plastic Response to a Suddenly Applied Constant Force

VM81 - Transient Response of a Drop Container

VM82 - Simply Supported Laminated Plate Under Pressure

VM83 - Impact of a Block on a Spring Scale

VM84 - Displacement Propagation Along a Bar with Free Ends

VM85 - Transient Displacements in a Suddenly Stopped Moving Bar

VM86 - Harmonic Response of a Dynamic System

VM87 - Equivalent Structural Damping

VM88 - Response of an Eccentric Weight Exciter

VM89 - Natural Frequencies of a Two-mass-spring System

VM90 - Harmonic Response of a Two-Mass-Spring System

VM91 - Large Rotation of a Swinging Pendulum

VM92 - Insulated Wall Temperature

VM93 - Temperature Dependent Conductivity

VM94 - Heat-generating Plate

VM95 - Heat Transfer from a Cooling Spine

VM96 - Temperature Distribution in a Short, Solid Cylinder

VM97 - Temperature Distribution Along a Straight Fin

VM98 - Temperature Distribution Along a Tapered Fin

VM99 - Temperature Distribution in a Trapezoidal Fin

VM100 - Heat Conduction Across a Chimney Section

VM101 - Temperature Distribution in a Short Solid Cylinder

VM102 - Cylinder with Temperature Dependent Conductivity

VM103 - Thin Plate with Central Heat Source

VM104 - Liquid-Solid Phase Change

VM105 - Heat Generating Coil with Temperature Conductivity

VM106 - Radiant Energy Emission

VM107 - Thermocouple Radiation

VM108 - Temperature Gradient Across a Solid Cylinder

VM109 - Temperature Response of a Suddenly Cooled Wire

VM110 - Transient Temperature Distribution in a Slab

VM111 - Cooling of a Spherical Body

VM112 - Cooling of a Spherical Body

VM113 - Transient Temperature Distribution in an Orthotropic Metal Bar

VM114 - Temperature Response to Increasing Temperature

VM115 - Thermal Response of a Heat-generating Slab

VM116 - Heat Conducting Plate with Sudden Cooling

VM117 - Electric Current Flowing in a Network

VM118 - Centerline Temperature of a Heat-generating Wire

VM119 - Centerline Temperature of an Electrical Wire

VM120 - Microstrip Transmission Line Capacitance

VM121 - Laminar Flow Through a Pipe with Uniform Heat Flux

VM122 - Pressure Drop in a Turbulent Flowing Fluid

VM123 - Laminar Flow in a Piping System

VM124 - Discharge of Water from a Reservoir

VM125 - Radiation Heat Transfer Between Concentric Cylinders

VM126 - Heat Transferred to a Flowing Fluid

VM127 - Buckling of a Bar with Hinged Ends (Line Elements)

VM128 - Buckling of a Bar with Hinged Ends (Area Elements)

VM129 - Numerical Differentiation and Integration

VM130 - Fourier Series Generation for a Saw Tooth Wave

VM131 - Acceleration of a Rotating Crane Boom

VM132 - Stress Relaxation of a Tightened Bolt Due to Creep

VM133 - Motion of a Rod Due to Irradiation Induced Creep

VM134 - Plastic Bending of a Clamped I-Beam

VM135 - Bending of a Beam on an Elastic Foundation

VM136 - Large Deflection of a Buckled Bar (the Elastica)

VM137 - Large Deflection of a Circular Membrane

VM138 - Large Deflection Bending of a Circular Plate

VM139 - Bending of a Long Uniformly Loaded Rectangular Plate

VM140 - Stretching, Twisting and Bending of a Long Shaft

VM141 - Diametral Compression of a Disk

VM142 - Stress Concentration At a Hole in a Plate

VM143 - Fracture Mechanics Stress for a Crack in a Plate

VM144 - Bending of a Composite Beam

VM145 - Stretching of an Orthotropic Solid

VM146 - Bending of a Reinforced Concrete Beam

VM147 - Gray-Body Radiation within a Frustum of a Cone

VM148 - Bending of a Parabolic Beam

VM149 - Rotation of a Tank of Fluid

VM150 - Acceleration of a Tank of Fluid

VM151 - Nonaxisymmetric Vibration of a Circular Plate

VM152 - 2-D Nonaxisymmetric Vibration of a Stretched Membrane

VM153 - 3-D Nonaxisymmetric Vibration of a Stretched Membrane

VM154 - Vibration of a Fluid Coupling

VM155 - Shape Optimization of a Cantilever Beam

VM156 - Natural Frequency of a Nonlinear Spring-Mass System

VM157 - Optimization of a Frame Structure

VM158 - Motion of a Bobbing Buoy

VM159 - Temperature-controlled Heater

VM160 - Solid Cylinder with Harmonic Temperature Load

VM161 - Heat Flow From an Insulated Pipe

VM162 - Cooling of a Circular Fin of Rectangular Profile

VM163 - Groundwater Seepage (Permeability Analogy)

VM164 - Drying of a Thick Wooden Slab (Diffusion Analogy)

VM165 - Current-Carrying Ferromagnetic Conductor

VM166 - Long Cylinder in a Sinusoidal Magnetic Field

VM167 - Transient Eddy Currents in a Semi-Infinite Solid

VM168 - Magnetic Field in a Nonferrous Solenoid

VM169 - Permanent Magnet Circuit With an Air Gap

VM170 - Magnetic Field From a Square Current Loop

VM171 - Permanent Magnet Circuit With an Elastic Keeper

VM172 - Stress Analysis of a Long, Thick, Isotropic Solenoid

VM173 - Centerline Temperature of an Electrical Wire

VM174 - Bimetallic Beam Under Thermal Load

VM175 - Natural Frequency of a Piezoelectric Transducer

VM176 - Frequency Response of Electrical Input Admittance

VM177 - Natural Frequency of a Submerged Ring

VM178 - Plane Poiseuille Flow

VM179 - Dynamic Double Rotation of a Jointed Beam

VM180 - Bending of a Curved Beam

VM181 - Natural Frequency of a Flat Circular Plate

VM182 - Transient Response of a Spring-mass System

VM183 - Harmonic Response of a Spring-mass System

VM184 - Straight Cantilever Beam

VM185 - AC Analysis of a Slot Embedded Conductor

VM186 - Transient Analysis of a Slot Embedded Conductor

VM187 - Bending of a Curved Beam

VM188 - Force Calculation on a Current Carrying Conductor

VM189 - Hollow Sphere in a Uniform Magnetic Field

VM190 - Ferromagnetic Inductor

VM191 - Hertz Contact Between Two Cylinders

VM192 - Cooling of a Billet by Radiation

VM193 - Adaptive Analysis of 2-D Heat Transfer with Convection

VM194 - Element Birth/Death in a Fixed Bar

VM195 - Toggle Mechanism

VM196 - Counter-Balanced Loads on a Block

VM197 - IGES Write/Read for Thick-Walled Cylinder

VM198 - Large Strain In-plane Torsion Test

VM199 - Viscoplastic Analysis of a Body (Shear Deformation)

VM200 - Viscoelastic Sandwich Seal Analysis

VM201 - Rubber Cylinder Pressed Between Two Plates

VM202 - Transverse Vibrations of a Shear Beam

VM203 - Dynamic Load Effect on Supported Thick Plate

VM204 - Solid Model of an Axial Bearing

VM205 - Adaptive Analysis of an Elliptic Membrane

VM206 - Stranded Coil with Voltage Excitation

VM207 - Stranded Coil Excited by External Circuit

VM208 - RL Circuit with Controlled Source

VM209 - Multiple Species Flow Entering a Circular Pipe

VM210 - Pyramid Validation of Tetrahedron to Hexahedron

VM211 - Rubber Cylinder Pressed Between Two Plates

VM212 - Modal Analysis of a Rectangular Cavity

VM213 - Harmonic Response Analysis of a Coaxial Cable

VM214 - Harmonic Response of a Rectangular Waveguide

VM215 - Thermal-Electric Hemispherical Shell with Hole

VM216 - Lateral Buckling of a Right Angle Frame

VM217 - Portal Frame Under Symmetric Loading

VM218 - Hyperelastic Circular Plate

VM219 - Non-Newtonian Pressure Driven Sector Flow

VM220 - Eddy Current Loss in Thick Steel Plate

VM221 - Inductance Calculation of a Transformer

VM222 - Warping Torsion Bar

VM223 - Frequency Response of a Prestressed Beam

VM224 - Implicit Creep under Biaxial Load

VM225 - Rectangular Cross-Section Bar with Preload

VM226 - Fourier Series Analysis of a Diode Rectified Circuit

VM227 - Radiation Between Finite Coaxial Cylinders

VM228 - Radiation Between Infinite Coaxial Cylinders

VM229 - Friction Heating of Sliding Block

VM230 - Analytical Verification of PDS Results

VM231 - Piezoelectric Rectangular Strip Under Pure Bending Load

VM232 - PDS Response Surface Study

VM233 - Static Force Computation of a 3-D Solenoid Actuator

VM234 - Cyclic Loading of a Rubber Block

VM235 - Frequency Response of a Prestressed Beam

VM236 - Hysteresis Calculation of a Beam Under Electrostatic Load

VM237 - RLC Circuit with Piezoelectric Transducer

VM238 - Wheatstone Bridge Connection of Piezoresistors