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Defining general cross-sections

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bjorn_fallqvist
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Defining general cross-sections

Hello,

In what way do I define general cross-sections of beams? What is the exact meaning of "Width", YY(1), ZZ(1) and so on? There's no help on this, only an example, in which there are a total of 9 parameters, but in Algor MES there are 12 parameters to fill in.

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Björn
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Hi Bjorn,

If you click the "Help" button on the Element Definition dialog, it should display this page from the Help: "Autodesk Algor Simulation > Setting Up and Performing the Analysis > Setting Up Part 2 > Nonlinear > Element Types and Parameters > Line Elements > Beam Elements". (Naturally, you need to be sure that you are looking at the page in the Nonlinear section, not the linear section.)

On this page, expand the topic "Specifying the Cross-Sectional Properties of Beam Elements". This will describe the 11 input (the 12th item is the index row which cannot be changed). Then expanding the sub-section "Examples Using the General Section Type" gives an example (in Figure 8 and Table 2) showing 8 of the 11 input. The other three input would be used if any of the index strips were an arc instead of a straight section.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

John Holtz
Product Design Engineer, Algor Simulation
Autodesk, Inc.


John Holtz, P.E.

Global Product Support
Autodesk, Inc.


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Hi, Jon.

So the value used for the last three variables should just be set to zero?
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That's correct. For a straight "strip", only the first two points need to be entered.

John Holtz


John Holtz, P.E.

Global Product Support
Autodesk, Inc.


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