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zbridge.section.Section Class Reference

An instance of the class Section stores the section properties (area, inertia, position of neutral axis). More...

Inheritance diagram for zbridge.section.Section:
zbridge.section.MeshedSection zbridge.section.ParametricSection zbridge.section.ISection zbridge.section.RectangularSection

Public Member Functions

def __init__ (self)
 The constructor. More...
 
def ComputeProperties (self)
 Computing section properties by summing the properties of the (currently active) components. More...
 

Public Attributes

 area
 
 Ix
 
 Iy
 
 Iz
 
 y0
 
 z0
 
 nComponents
 
 components
 

Detailed Description

An instance of the class Section stores the section properties (area, inertia, position of neutral axis).

A Section is composed of components, which can appear/disappear, have different material properties etc.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

§ __init__()

def zbridge.section.Section.__init__ (   self)

The constructor.

Parameters
areaThe surface area of the Section
IxMoment of inertia with respect to x-axis (torsion)
IyMoment of inertia with respect to y-axis
IzMoment of inertia with respect to z-axis
y0Offset of neutral axis with respect to a reference point (in general the lateral direction)
z0Offset of neutral axis with respect to a reference point (in general pointing upward)
nComponentsNumber of components (minimum 1)
componentsA list of instances of Component

Member Function Documentation

§ ComputeProperties()

def zbridge.section.Section.ComputeProperties (   self)

Computing section properties by summing the properties of the (currently active) components.


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