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Section Designer

Show Section Properties

Form: Properties

Use the Display menu > Show Section Properties command or button to display the Properties form. This
form serves three functions:

1. The form displays the section properties.

2. The section base material property can be viewed using this form, but not edited. Do not confuse the section
base material property with the material property of one of the shapes that makes up the section.

3. For frame sections only, the form can be used to modify the local axis angle for the section. This is the angle
from the Section Designer X axis to the section local 2-axis. Positive angles appear counterclockwise as you
look down on them as illustrated in the sketch below. You can not modify the local axis angle for wall pier
sections; that angle is always 0 degrees.

Section Properties

The section properties are reported with respect to the section local axes (2-3), not the Section Designer X
and Y axes. Furthermore the section properties are reported assuming that the entire section is transformed
into an equivalent area of the specified base material. In other words, each infinitesimal area of the section,
dA, is multiplied by the ratio Eshape/Ebase when computing the section properties where Eshape and Ebase
are defined below. Using this transformation, the following relationship holds true.

where,

Asection = Area reported for the section, length2.

Ashape = Area of a geometric shape (not reinforcing shape) included in the section, length2.

Ebase = Modulus of elasticity of the base material, force/length2.

Eshape = Modulus of elasticity of the material specified for the shape, force/length2.

n = Number of geometric shapes included in the section, unitless.

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Important note: The reinforcing steel is not considered when calculating the section properties. This includes
the reinforcing steel defined as a reinforcing shape and the reinforcing steel that is associated with a geometric
shape. The section properties are based on the gross area of all geometric shapes transformed to an equivalent
area of the base material.

The following section properties are reported:

A: Area of the section, length2.

J: Torsional constant, length4.

I33: Moment of inertia about the 3-axis, length4.

I22: Moment of inertia about the 2-axis, length4.

I23: Moment of inertia, length4. The figure below illustrates the derivation of I23, I22, and I33.

The I23 moment of inertia is equal to zero when the local 2 and 3 axes are the principal axes of the
section. If the local 2 and 3 axes are not the principal axes of the section, then I23 is nonzero.

As2: Shear area for shear parallel to the 2-axis, length2.

As3: Shear area for shear parallel to the 3-axis, length2.

S33(+face): Section modulus about the 3-axis at extreme fiber of the section in the positive 2-axis
direction, length3.

S22(+face): Section modulus about the 2-axis at extreme fiber of the section in the positive 3-axis
direction, length3.

S33(-face): Section modulus about the 3-axis at extreme fiber of the section in the negative 2-axis
direction, length3.

S22(-face): Section modulus about the 2-axis at extreme fiber of the section in the negative 3-axis
direction, length3.

r33: Radius of gyration about the 3-axis, length.

r22: Radius of gyration about the 2-axis, length.

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d33pna: The distance to the plastic neutral axis about the 3-axis, measured from the section center of
gravity, length.

d22pna: The distance to the plastic neutral axis about the 2-axis, measured from the section center of
gravity, length.

Xcg: The Section Designer X-axis coordinate of the center of gravity of the section, length.

Ycg: The Section Designer Y-axis coordinate of the center of gravity of the section, length.

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