The main purpose of the Section Builder is to calculate the various section properties of your section. The standard results refer to the results of a section when ignoring material property differences.
- Geometric Properties
- Area
- Centroid (Z)
- Centroid (Y)
- Moment of Inertia Properties
- Iz – Moment of Inertia about the Z-axis
- Iy – Moment of Inertia about the Y-axis
- Izy – Moment of Inertia
- Izp – Moment of Inertia about the principal Z-axis
- Iyp – Moment of Inertia about the principal Y-axis
- α – angle of rotation of principal axis
- rz – Radius of Gyration about the Z-axis
- ry – Radius of Gyration about the Y-axis
- Section Moduli
- Szt – Elastic Section Modulus about the Z-axis to the top of the section
- Szb – Elastic Section Modulus about the Z-axis to the bottom of the section
- Syt – Elastic Section Modulus about the Y-axis to the top of the section
- Syb – Elastic Section Modulus about the Y-axis to the bottom of the section
- Zz – Plastic Section Modulus about the Z-axis
- Zy – Plastic Section Modulus about the Y-axis
- Shear Properties
- Az – Shear Area about Z axis
- Ay – Shear Area about Y axis
- Qz – Static Moment of Area about the Z neutral axis
- Qy – Static Moment of Area about the Y neutral axis
- Torsion Properties
- J – Torsion Constant
- r – Torsion Radius
- Iw – Warping Constant
