Comprehensive analysis of structural beams: Theoretical calculations and simulation analysis using ANSYS

Abstract. Nowadays, structural analysis has become more and more complex, it is therefore necessary to use advanced tools like ANSYS for solving intricate structures. It is also equally important to establish a relationship between traditional analytical methods and modern simulation techniques. This kind of comparison is essential for validating and enhancing the accuracy of engineering structural analysis. In this paper, a detailed study of structural beams will be carried out by the traditional analytical method and also using “ANSYS software” which is considered as an advanced simulation technique that deals with the study of complex structures. This is to improve the validation of results via theoretical calculations and finite element analysis just as different boundary conditions to add knowledge on the performance of structural beams. Using academic calculations as the golden traditional standards, we try to establish the local deflection and strain in beams, using simple structural mechanics. This approach could be used to validate and extend the results by performing ANSYS simulations for this test case to get a more substantial accuracy versus reliability comparison of both approaches. Down the line, this is meant to reconcile theory vs real-world implementation and act as an exhaustive and multi-dimensional assessment of how well (or poorly) a given beam performs. The FEA-based study indicated the occurrence of an approximate average error of about 1% to 3% while performing complex analysis.