ShapeDesigner                                                                Properties 

 

When you draw a shape and specify its material properties, as each change

is made the sectional properties are automatically recalculated.

The properties calculated are as follows.

 

 

 

Property

Description

Mass

Volume

Area

CMass

CVolume

CArea

Ixx

Iyy

Ixy

Io

rx

ry

Ixp

Iyp

Ixyp

rxp

ryp

Iop

b

Imax

Imin

Ixc

Iyc

rxc

ryc

Ioc

J

Cw

Swx

Swy

Stx

Sbx

Sty

Sby

Zx

Zy

fx

fy

Ø

PNA

xc

yc

xs

ys

Mpmax

Memax

Kx,ky

Ax,Ay                   bx,by                 

Tpmax:

Dsc:

bft:

Mass of the cross

Volume of the cross section (if the length=1 is the same as area)

area of cross section

Mass of the transformed composite cross section

Volume of the transformed composite cross section

area of the transformed composite cross section

Moment of inertia about x axis

Moment of inertia about y axis

Product of inertia about origin

Polar moment of inertia about origin

Radius of gyration about x axis

Radius of gyration about y axis

Moment of inertia about principal x axis through centroid

Moment of inertia about principal y axis through centroid

Product of inertia about centroid (principal direction)

Radius of gyration about principal x axis through centroid

Radius of gyration about principal  y axis through centroid

Polar moment about origin of the centroidal principal axes

Angle of orientation (direction) of the principal x axis

maximum magnitudes of principal moment of inertia

minimum magnitudes of principal moment of inertia

Moment of inertia about x axis through centroid

Moment of inertia about y axis through centroid

Radius of gyration about x axis through centroid

Radius of gyration about y axis through centroid

Polar moment of inertia about origin of the centroidal axes

Torsion constant

Constant of warping

Sectorial product of area/x axis

Sectorial product of area/y axis

Elastic Modulus about x axis at top

Elastic Modulus about x axis at bottom

Elastic Modulus about x axis at top

Elastic Modulus about y axis at bottom

Plastic Modulus about y axis

Plastic Modulus about y axis

shape factor in x(Plastic neutral)  direction

shape factor in y(plastic neutral) direction

Angle of orientation of the neutral axis from principal x-axis

Position of the plastic neutral axis

x location of centroid

y location of centroid

x location of shear center 

y location of shear center 

Fully Plastic Moment

Maximum Elastic Moment

the section shear constant about x and y axis

the reduced shear areas about x and y axis

Constants of stability

Fully plastic Torque

Distance between shear center and centroid

Flexural-torsional constant

Maximum stresses

sx: Axial stress

sw: Axial warping stress

tsx: Shear stress in x direction

tsy: Shear stress in y direction

txz: Torsional shear stress in x direction

tyz: Torsional shear stress in y direction

Minimum stresses

sx: Axial stress

sw: Axial warping stress

tsx: Shear stress in x direction

tsy: Shear stress in y direction

txz: Torsional shear stress in x direction

tyz: Torsional shear stress in y direction

Stresses at custom position

sx: Axial stress

sw: Axial warping stress

tsx: Shear stress in x direction

tsy: Shear stress in y direction

txz: Torsional shear stress in x direction

tyz: Torsional shear stress in y direction

qx: Flow stress in x direction

qy: Flow stress in y direction

sI ; sII ; sIII : Principal stresses

 

Failure criteria for yield strength

·         Maximum normal stress criterion

·         Tresca criterion

·         Von Mises-Hencky criterion

·         Saint-Venant criterion

·          Maximum strain energy criterion

Graphical visualization and printer output of the stresses, the centroid, shear center, neutral axis and principals directions