Tower Crane Boom's Parametric Design Based on VB and ANSYS

APDL language in finite element software ANSYS is a powerful tool for parametric finite element analysis of part by using intelligent analysis method.This paper introduces a method of parametric finite element analysis based on VB and ANSYS,and explains the method by taking the tower crane boom as example.Firstly,an APDL code text is automatically generated according to input parameters.Then,the APDL code text is run in ANSYS.The result can be directly obtained in the program.