User Guide#
The sectionproperties
user guide provides an overview of each step in the
sectionproperties
workflow, details the theoretical background for the analysis and
includes a section on validation.
Features#
Pre-Processor#
☑ Python API
☑ Geometry manipulation by Shapely
☑ Common section geometry functions
☑ Custom section geometry input
☑ Rhino .3dm import
☑ .dxf import
☑ Perimeter offset tool
☑ Quadratic triangular mesh generation
☑ Composite material definition
Cross-Section Analysis#
☑ Global axis geometric section properties
☑ Area
☑ Perimeter
☑ Mass
☑ First moments of area
☑ Second moments of area
☑ Elastic centroid
☑ Centroidal axis geometric section properties
☑ Second moments of area
☑ Elastic section moduli
☐ Yield moment
☑ Radii of gyration
☑ Plastic centroid
☑ Plastic section moduli
☑ Shape factors
☑ Principal axis geometric section properties
☑ Second moments of area
☑ Elastic section moduli
☐ Yield moment
☑ Radii of gyration
☑ Plastic centroid
☑ Plastic section moduli
☑ Shape factors
☑ Warping section properties
☑ Torsion constant
☑ Warping constant
☑ Monosymmetry constants
☑ Shear section properties
☑ Shear centre (elastic method)
☑ Shear centre (Trefftz’s method)
☑ Shear areas (global axis)
☑ Shear areas (principal axis)
☑ Cross-section stress analysis
☑ Mohr’s circles for stresses at a point
Solver#
☑ Direct solver
☑ CGS iterative solver
☑ Sparse matrices
Post-Processor#
☑ Plot geometry
☑ Plot mesh
☑ Plot centroids
☑ Plot cross-section stresses
☑ Retrieve cross-section stresses
☐ Generate cross-section report