Concentrated load location in 2D wire

[hugary1999]

Suppose I have a 3D beam and I wanna apply a tip load as shown in the figure below:

I want to apply the tip load on the middle of the top edge.

The 3D simulation results look good. Below is the deformation graph:

Now I want to model it in 2D as a wire:

However, I can only apply the tip load on one end of the wire, and I cannot specify the location of the tip load (i.e. middle of the top edge).

I plotted the axial stress along the wire by creating a path of edge list:

The values agree with my theoretical solution.
Since the axial stress is negative, so I guess by default Abaqus looks at the bottom edge?
If I am understanding it correctly, the axial stress should be zero at neutral axis, positive above NA, negative below NA.

My questions are:
1. Can I specify the tip load location?
2. Is there a way I can plot the axial stress of the top edge or neutral axis?

 

[Mustaine3]

1. No. On beam elements you can apply the point load only to the node, not any section point.
2. On solids you can use a path. On a beam it is more complicated. You have to check where the section points are located (see Users Manual) and then display the results of these points.