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Sections

Individual sections are stored in the sections object. Each section inside the sections object should be identified by a unique positive integer. Note that sections can be specified in two ways:

Input Type Description
sections Object Each section is defined as an object. If the "Section Builder" software was used to define your section, an "aux" property will be present. This property defines the geometry of the section.

"Section Builder" Schema

Section Properties Type Value Description
version Number - The version of the "Section Builder" that was used to construct this object.
name String - The name of your section. If nothing is entered, the name will default to the (rounded) height x width dimensions.
area Number Section Area Cross sectional area.
Iy Number Section Length4 Area moment of inertia about the y axis.
Iz Number Section Length4 Area moment of inertia about the z axis.
material_id Number - The ID of the material that is assigned to the cross section. Materials are defined in its own object.
shear_area_z Number Section Length2 Optional. Do not get confused between this property and the one with the same name within the "aux" property. Shear Area in the Z-axis. Leave this value as Empty or Zero for a Euler-Bernoulli Beam (Recommended). Enter a value for a Timoshenko Beam (i.e. where shear deformation is not neglible).
shear_area_y Number Section Length2 Optional. Do not get confused between this property and the one with the same name within the "aux" property. Shear Area in the Y-axis. Leave this value as Empty or Zero for a Euler-Bernoulli Beam (Recommended). Enter a value for a Timoshenko Beam (i.e. where shear deformation is not neglible).
aux Object - The "aux" property is an object containing various property values. It contains the geometric coordinates of the cross section among other properties which are calculated via the "Section Builder" software. For brevity, the individual properties are not detailed here. To understand how to create a section via the "Section Builder" and implement it into the API, please contact us at [email protected]

"Direct Input" Schema

Section Properties Type Value Description
name String - An optional name given to a section to easily identify it.
material_id Number - The ID of the material that is assigned to the cross section. Materials are defined in its own object.
shear_area_z Number Section Length2 Optional. Shear Area in the Z-axis. Leave this value as Empty or Zero for a Euler-Bernoulli Beam (Recommended). Enter a value for a Timoshenko Beam (i.e. where shear deformation is not neglible).
shear_area_y Number Section Length2 Optional. Shear Area in the Y-axis. Leave this value as Empty or Zero for a Euler-Bernoulli Beam (Recommended). Enter a value for a Timoshenko Beam (i.e. where shear deformation is not neglible).
area Number Section Area Cross sectional area.
Iy Number Section Length4 Area moment of inertia about the y axis.
Iz Number Section Length4 Area moment of inertia about the z axis.
J Number Section Length4 Torsion constant

Example

{
  "sections": {
    "1": {
      "version": 1,
      "name": "203 x 203",
      "area": 5894.42893,
      "Iy": 15391924.9909,
      "Iz": 45719276.66583,
      "J": 224234,
      "material_id": 1,
      "shear_area_z": 500,
      "shear_area_y": 800,
      "aux": {
        "composite": false,
        "Qz": 249151.30616,
        "Qy": 115057.81814,
        "centroid_point": [
          101.6,
          101.6
        ],
        "centroid_length": [
          101.6,
          101.6
        ],
        "depth": 203.2,
        "width": 203.2,
        "alpha": 0,
        "shear_area_z": 1380.153833546,
        "shear_area_y": 3889.4548957763,
        "torsion_radius": 16.5124
      }
    },
    "2": {
      "name": "CustomSpecSection",
      "area": 6500,
      "Iy": 16000000,
      "Iz": 50000000,
      "J": 250000,
      "material_id": 3,
      "shear_area_z": 500,
      "shear_area_y": 800
    }
  }
}