ansys classic

[clark]

i have modeled my chassis as lines in ansys 12. can anyone please tell me about the choice of beam element type??im waiting

[clark]

i have modeled my chassis as lines in ansys 12. can anyone please tell me about the choice of beam element type??im waiting

[BMH]

I think beam188 is what you would want to use.

Use the help feature in Ansys and type in each of the beam element types and read about them. After doing so, you should have a better general idea of which is best for your application.