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Modify Cross Section
Modifies all types of cross sections.
Inputs
| Name | ID | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| CroSec | CroSec | Cross section to modify on the fly or no input if modification shall take place in the model based on the name of the cross section. | CrossSection |
| Type name of cross section | Name | The Type name serves to identify a cross section uniquely upon selection from a cross section table. | Text |
| Family name of cross section | Family | Family name of cross section: defines a group of cross sections for cross section optimization. | Text |
| Element identifiers | Elem-Ids | List of identifier of elements to attach cross section to. | Text |
| Color | Color | Color of the cross section. | Colour |
| Material | Material | Material to be used for the cross section. Overrules the material definition supplied at the Assemble-component. If nothing is given the material will not be affected. | Material |
| Local eccentricity [cm] | EcceLoc | Vector of eccentricity in [cm] with respect to beam axis in local beam coordinates. | Vector |
| Height [cm] | Height | Height [cm] of the cross-section if >0. | Number |
| Thickness [cm] | Thick | Wall-thickness [cm] of the cross-section if >0. | Number |
| Area [cm2] | A | Cross section area [cm2] if >0. | Number |
| AreaY [cm2] | Ay | Equivalent shear area [cm2] for shear in local Y-direction if >0. | Number |
| AreaZ [cm2] | Az | Equivalent shear area [cm2] for shear in local Z-direction if >0. | Number |
| Iyy [cm4] | Iyy | Moment of inertia [cm4] about the local Y-axis if >0. | Number |
| Izz [cm4] | Izz | Moment of inertia [cm4] about the local Z-axis if >0. | Number |
| Ipp [cm4] | Ipp | Primary or St. Venant torsional moment of inertia [cm4] about the local X-axis if >0. | Number |
| Cw [cm6] | Cw | Warping torsional constant [cm6] if >0. | Number |
| Wely+ [cm3] | Wely+ | Elastic resistance moment [cm3] about the local Y-axis for the extreme point on the positive local Z-axis if >0. | Number |
| Wely- [cm3] | Wely- | Elastic resistance moment [cm3] about the local Y-axis for the extreme point on the negative local Z-axis if >0. | Number |
| Wply [cm3] | Wply | Plastic resistance moment [cm3] about the local Y-axis if >0. | Number |
| Welz+ [cm3] | Welz+ | Elastic resistance moment [cm3] about the local Z-axis for the extreme point on the positive local Y-axis if >0. | Number |
| Welz- [cm3] | Welz- | Elastic resistance moment [cm3] about the local Z-axis for the extreme point on the negative local Y-axis if >0. | Number |
| Wplz [cm3] | Wplz | Plastic resistance moment [cm3] about the local Z-axis if >0. | Number |
| Wt [cm3] | Wt | Minimum torsional resistance moment [cm3] if >0. | Number |
| alphaY | alphaY | Buckling coefficient about local Y-axis according to EC3 if >0. | Number |
| alphaZ | alphaZ | Buckling coefficient about local Z-axis according to EC3 if >0. | Number |
| alphaLT | alphaLT | Coefficient for lateral torsional buckling according to EC3 if >0. | Number |
| lg[cm] | lg | Distance of transverse load [cm] from the center of shear of the cross section. Is positive if the load points towards the shear center and acts destabilizing for lateral torsional buckling. | Number |
Outputs
| Name | ID | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross section | CroSec | Modified cross section or cross section modifier. | CrossSection |
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