ANSYS APDL Ex_2.4 LINK180 element for traction/compression of rods struts end-pinned truss member

Example 2.4 is a rod loaded at one end and clamped at the other. We could calculate the elongation, stress, and strain using mechanics of materials formulas in a very short time, but we want to do it with Ansys to show you how a model is set up, solved, and how to get the results with Ansys.
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Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction
00:13 - Description
00:34 - Preprocessor
00:37 - Element type
00:49 - Section data
01:08 - Material properties
01:24 - Poisson's not needed
01:38 - Modeling
01:44 - Create nodes
01:56 - Copy nodes
02:33 - Create elements
02:55 - Copy elements
03:20 - Solution
03:23 - Apply loads and displacements
03:29 - Displacement BC
03:44 - Force BC
03:58 - Use the mouse wheel to shrink it
04:01 - Here's the force
04:05 - Solve
04:17 - Postprocessor
04:32 - Displacement results explained
04:44 - Plot results
04:51 - Undeformed
04:54 - Deformed