Singly-Symmetrical I Section - Example of a Tabular Input
b1
Part bi hi y dA ydA
h1
1 3.50 0.25 3.375 0.875 2.9531
2 0.15 3.00 1.750 0.450 0.7875
h2 3 2.50 0.25 0.125 0.625 0.0781
NA
b2 Sums = 3.8187
ybar
h3 Area = 1.9500
b3 y bar = 1.9583
Ix = 4.2216 around NA
h1
Part bi hi x dA xdA
b1 1 0.25 3.50 1.750 0.875 1.5313
2 3.00 0.15 1.750 0.450 0.7875
b2 3 0.25 2.50 1.750 0.625 1.0938
h2 Sums = 3.4125
xbar
b3 Area = 1.9500
h3 x bar = 1.7500
Iy = 1.2196 around NA
3.21 Singly-Symmetrical I Section (exact solution)
x and y axis are at the centroid compare
x1 and y1 have their origin at the lower left corner
flange and web thicknesses are unequal
b= 3.50
a= 2.50
d= 3.50
h= 3.00
s= 0.25
t= 0.15
y
Area = 1.9500
x bar = 1.7500 x
y bar = 1.9583
Ixc = 4.2216
Iyc = 1.2196
Skin with J stringer (w/bulb)
w1 =
y2dA Io w4 w2 =
9.9668 0.0046 t4 w3 =
1.3781 0.3375 r w4 =
0.0098 0.0033 y
w3
11.3547 0.3453
t3 xc
t2 skin
t1 x
around NA w2
x2dA Io w1
2.6797 0.8932
1.3781 0.0008
1.9141 0.3255 Element b h A = bh y y dA y2 dA
1 3.50 0.063 0.2205 0.0315 0.0069 0.0002
5.9719 1.2196 2 1.50 0.15 0.2250 0.138 0.0311 0.0043
3 0.10 2.50 0.2500 1.463 0.3658 0.5351
4 0.75 0.10 0.0750 2.763 0.2072 0.5726
5 N/A N/A 0.1257 2.613 0.3284 0.8580
around NA S= 0.8962 S= 0.9393 1.9702
Area = 0.8962 skin + stringer
y bar = 1.0482
Ixc = 1.1176
rxc = 1.1167
3.50 t1 = 0.063 r= 0.20
1.50 t2 = 0.15
2.50 t3 = 0.10
0.75 t4 = 0.10
Iox
0.00007
0.00042
0.13021
0.00006
0.00126
0.1320
skin + stringer
Moments of Inertia of Common Cross Sections
y y y
s h x x x
s h H H
b
s s B B
s= 0.75 s= 0.75 B= 0.75 B= 0.75 Dia = 1.00 outer D = 0.00 Dia = 1.00 outer D =
h= 0.50 H= 1.25 H= 1.25 inner D = 0.90 inner D =
b= 0.50
h= 1.00 outer r = 0 r= 0.5 outer r =
inner r = 0.45 inner r =
t= -0.45 t=
Area = 0.5625 Area = 0.3125 Area = 0.9375 Area = 0.4375 Area = 0.785 Area = -0.6362 Area = 0.393 Area =
x bar = 0.375 x bar = 0.375 x bar = 0.375 x bar = 0.375 x bar = 0.500 =R x bar = 0.000 x bar = 0.500 x bar =
y bar = 0.375 y bar = 0.375 y bar = 0.625 y bar = 0.625 y bar = 0.500 =R y bar = 0.000 y bar = 0.2122 y bar =
Ixc = 0.0264 Ixc = 0.0212 Ixc = 0.1221 Ixc = 0.0804 Ix = 0.0491 Ix = -0.0322 Ix = 0.0069 Ix =
Iyc = 0.0264 Iyc = 0.0212 Iyc = 0.0439 Iyc = 0.0335 Iy = 0.0491 Iy = -0.0322 Iy = 0.0245 Iy =
y y y y
y y C
C A
y x
x
x x x x B
H x H x x
x H H
c x x
y y c
H x H c
B y y y y
B
B B B
B
1.00 H= 1.75 B= 1.75 H= 1.75 H= 1.75 H= 1.75
0.90 B= 1.25 (all 3 sides equal) B= 1.25 B= 1.25 B= 1.50 H= 1.75
(2 sides equal) C= 0.50 C= 0.50 B= 1.65
0.50 H= 1.5155 (no sides equal) (one angle > 90°) A= 0.50
0.45 (diagonal equal to base)
0.05
0.075 Area = 1.094 Area = 1.3261 Area = 1.0938 Area = 1.0938 Area = 1.3125 Area = 2.8875
0.500 x bar = 0.4167 x bar = 0.8750 x bar = 0.6250 x bar = 0.6667 x bar = 1.1667 x bar = 1.0750
0.3027 y bar = 0.5833 y bar = 0.5052 y bar = 0.5833 y bar = 0.5833 y bar = 0.5833 y bar = 0.8750
0.0016 Ix = 0.1861 Ix = 0.1692 Ix = 0.1861 Ix = 0.1861 Ix = 0.2233 Ix = 0.7369
0.0084 Iy = 0.0949 Iy = 0.1692 Iy = 0.0712 Iy = 0.0722 Iy = 0.4603 Iy = 0.7153
y x
y y
A y y x
x A
x x A
x
x R x
x B B c H
x x y y
H c d
y y y y
A A B y
B
H= 1.75 A= 1.25 A= 1.25 A= 0.75 R= 0.75
B= 1.65 B= 0.75 B= 0.75
A= 0.50 (make A > B) c= 1.15
(parallelogram) d= 0.65 B= 1.500 A= 1.0607 d= 3.20 d= 3.20
H= 1.299 h= 2.90 h= 2.90
s= 0.15 s= 0.15
Area = 2.8875 Area = 2.9452 Area = 0.5969 Area = 1.4614 Area = 1.5911 b= 1.50 a= 1.25
x bar = 1.0750 x bar = 1.25 x bar = 1.25 x bar = 0.750 x bar = 0.7500 t= 0.20 b= 1.50
y bar = 0.8750 y bar = 0.75 y bar = 0.75 y bar = 0.6495 y bar = 0.7500 t= 0.20
Ix = 0.7369 Ix = 0.4142 Ix = 0.1661 Ix = 0.1711 Ix = 0.2019
Iy = 0.7153 Iy = 1.1505 Iy = 0.3741 Iy = 0.1711 Iy = 0.2019 Area = 1.0300 Area = 0.9925
x bar = 0.7500 x bar = 0.750
y bar = 1.6000 y bar = 1.6576
Ix = 1.4539 Ix = 1.3633
Iy = 0.0863 Iy = 0.0685
y
d= 3.20 b= 3.20 a= 1.250 a= 1.250
h= 2.90 d= 3.00 t= 0.200 b= 2.500 d= 3.250
s= 0.15 a= 1.25 t= 0.200 s= 0.150
b= 1.50 c= 1.05 c= 1.050 h= 3.100
t= 0.20 t= 0.20 d= 2.300 b= 1.500
e= 1.05 t= 0.200
Area = 1.0300 Area = 1.0600 Area = 0.4600 Area = 0.7100 Area = 0.8450
x bar = 0.3840 x bar = 1.1500 x bar = 0.3853 x bar = 0.2849 x bar = 0.7500
y bar = 1.6000 y bar = 1.6000 y bar = 0.3853 y bar = 0.9099 y bar = 1.9827
Ix = 1.4539 Ix = 1.4925 y= 0.8647 y= 1.5901 Ix = 0.9329
Iy = 0.1934 Iy = 0.2048 Ix = 0.0647 z= 0.9651 Iy = 0.0443
tan 2f = 0.612 Iy = 0.0647 Ix = 0.4567
f= 15.724 degrees K= 0.0374 Iy = 0.0787
Ixy = -0.3938 Ipp = 0.0273
Imin = 1.6034
Imax = 0.0939
Imin
Imax
y1 y
y R
q
x
q _
y
x1
_
x
R= 1.00 in
q= 38.8 degrees
q= 0.677 radians
d= 3.250 Area = 0.189
s= 0.150 x bar = 0.868
h= 3.100 y bar = 0.627
b= 1.500 Ix = 0.0153
t= 0.200 Iy = 0.0006
T= 0.400 Ix1 = 0.0894
Iy1 = 0.1431
Area = 1.1550
x bar = 0.7500
y bar = 2.0052
Ix = 1.1000
Example problem, Section 7, SDM 49100.
t=.04 .90
Table to Determine G
t=.06
.70 b1 = 0.80 Element r
b2 = 0.90 1 0.673
.30 t-b1 = 0.04 2 0.316
.80 t-b2 = 0.04 3 0.077
h= 0.70 4 -0.344
h-t = 0.04
lip = 0.30
.90 lip-t = 0.06
.26
h-t
.62 Table to Determine Ixc
b2 t-b2
t-b1
Part bi
.80 lip-t 1 0.060
h 2 0.800
lip 3 0.040
y
4 0.900
b1
xbar
ybar
x
4 Table to Determine Iyc
Part bi
1 3 1 0.260
2 0.040
2 3 0.620
4 0.040
.3163 .3437
n.a.
.1663
.1619
.1481
Table to Determine Ixy
polar moment J = 0.0323 Part x
tan 2q = 1.5050 radians 1 0.030
angle q = 28.20 2 0.400
I max = 0.0295 rmax = 0.5217 3 0.780
I min = 0.0028 rmin = 0.1614 4 1.210
Table to Determine Qx (from NA up)
Part bi hi y dA y dA
3 (above na) 0.04 0.3237 0.1619 0.013 0.0021
4 0.90 0.0400 0.3437 0.036 0.0124
Sum = 0.0145
Table to Determine Qx (from NA down)
Part bi hi y dA y dA equal
1 0.060 0.260 0.1663 0.016 0.0026
2 0.800 0.040 0.3163 0.032 0.0101
3 (below na) 0.040 0.296 0.1481 0.012 0.0018
Sum = 0.0145
Use Centroid for calculations
L' (r) (L') wa wb wa+wb L'/2(wa+wb) t L'/2(wa+wb)t
0.280 0.188 0 0.188 0.188 0.026 0.06 0.0016
0.750 0.237 0.188 0.426 0.614 0.230 0.04 0.0092
0.660 0.051 0.426 0.477 0.902 0.298 0.04 0.0119
0.880 -0.302 0.477 0.174 0.651 0.286 0.04 0.0115
Sum = 0.0342
Determine Ixc
hi y dA ydA y2dA Io
0.260 0.170 0.016 0.0027 0.0005 0.0001
0.040 0.020 0.032 0.0006 0.0000 0.0000
0.620 0.350 0.025 0.0087 0.0030 0.0008
0.040 0.680 0.036 0.0245 0.0166 0.0000
Sums = 0.1084 0.0365 0.0201 0.0009
Area = 0.1084
y bar = 0.3363 from origin
Ixc = 0.0088 around NA
rxc = 0.2846
Determine Iyc
hi x dA xdA x2dA Io
0.060 0.030 0.016 0.0005 0.0000 0.0000
0.800 0.400 0.032 0.0128 0.0051 0.0017
0.040 0.780 0.025 0.0193 0.0151 0.0000
0.900 1.210 0.036 0.0436 0.0527 0.0024
Sums = 0.1084 0.0762 0.0729 0.0041
Area = 0.1084
x bar = 0.7027 from origin
Iyc = 0.0235 around NA
ryc = 0.4661
Determine Ixy
x - xbar y y - ybar dA (x-x)(y-y)dA
-0.673 0.170 -0.166 0.016 0.0017
-0.303 0.020 -0.316 0.032 0.0031
0.077 0.350 0.014 0.025 0.0000
0.507 0.680 0.344 0.036 0.0063
sum = Ixy = 0.0111
Table to Determine Shear Center xo
Part bi hi x Io x Io
1 0.260 0.060 0.030 0.000005 1.404E-07
2 0.040 0.800 0.400 0.001707 0.00068
3 0.620 0.040 0.780 0.000003 2.5792E-06
4 0.040 0.900 1.210 0.002430 0.002940
sum = 0.004145 0.003626
xo = 0.875
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Element wa2 (wa)(wb) wb2 note 1 note 2 note 3 (L' )(t)
1 0 0 0.035 0.035 0.003 0.0002 0.0168
2 0.035 0.080 0.181 0.297 0.074 0.0030 0.0300
3 0.181 0.203 0.227 0.611 0.134 0.0054 0.0264
4 0.227 0.083 0.030 0.340 0.100 0.0040 0.0352
Sum = 0.0125 0.1084
G = 0.00178
note 1 = w +(wa)(wb)+w
a
2
b
2
note 2 = (L'/3)*(wa2+(wa)(wb)+wb2)
note 3 = t {(L'/3)*(wa2+(wa)(wb)+wb2)}
