IPE 180 section
The rolled section IPE 180, is one example that illustrates the capabillities of SectionExpert 2010.
Some of the properties can be found in texts that contain standard sections. However, notice that,
results obtained from SectionExpert 2010 are more accurate than those found in tables of standard sections,
since the simplifying assumptions used in arriving at the approximate formulas are not made in the finite element analysis.
You can download the full report (Word 97 or later document)
produced by SectionExpert 2010.
In the following table only a small portion of the calculated properties are presented.
Selected results obtained from SectionExpert 2010 for IPE180 section
| Property |
Description |
Value |
| A | Cross-sectional area | 2396.362645 |
| Ycg | Y-Coordinate of center of gravity | 3.700430468E-15 |
| Zcg | Z-Coordinate of center of gravity | 90 |
| Ysc | Y-Coordinate of shear center | 7.89186201E-07 |
| Zsc | Z-Coordinate of shear center | 89.99999938 |
| Asy | Conventional shear area along Y-axis | 1319.208414 |
| Asz | Conventional shear area along Z-axis | 923.8869616 |
| Iy | Moment of inertia about user Y-axis | 32590251.43 |
| Iz | Moment of inertia about user Z-axis | 1008573.839 |
| Iyz | Product of inertia (user axes) | 1.484295353E-09 |
| Iy,cg | Moment of inertia about centroidal Y-axis | 13179714.01 |
| Iz,cg | Moment of inertia about centroidal Z-axis | 1008573.839 |
| Iyz,cg | Polar moment of inertia | 6.862137525E-10 |
| a | Angle of principal inertia axes (degrees) | 0 |
| Iu | Maximum principal moment of inertia | 13179714.01 |
| Iv | Minimum principal moment of inertia | 1008573.839 |
| Wu,max | Maximum resisting moment about U principal axis | 146441.2668 |
| Wu,min | Minimum resisting moment about U principal axis | 146441.2668 |
| Wv,max | Maximum resisting moment about V principal axis | 22166.458 |
| Wv,min | Minimum resisting moment about V principal axis | 22166.458 |
| It | Torsional moment of inertia (St. Venant) | 47672.12181 |
| Gamma | Warping constant with respect to shear center | 7320309453 |