Section Properties Calculator - Index
Index of defned shapes
No. Shape
1 Crce
2 Semcrce
3 Crcuar Sector
4 Crcuar Segment
5 Annuus
6 Sem Annuus
7 Annuus Sector
8 Epse
9 Sem-Epse
10 Ouarter-Epse
11 Hoow-epse
12 Paraboa
13 Sem-paraboa
14 nth degree paraboa-1
15 nth degree paraboa-2
16 Reguar N sded poygon
17 Hoow reguar n sded poygon
18 Rectange
19 Paraeogram
20 Incned rectange
21 Damond
22 Hoow rectange
23 Channe
24 Tapered channe
25 I secton-1
26 I secton-2
27 Tapered I secton
28 T secton
29 L secton
30 Z secton
31 Trapezod
32 Rght Trange
33 Equatera Trange
34 Isoscees Trange
35 Trange
36 Rotated secton
37 Transated secton
Section Properties Calculator - Defined Shapes
Ths sheet provdes formuas and cacuated vaues for the shapes sted on the Index sheet and shown n the drop down box beow.
Seect a shape from the drop down box, or enter an Index number.
Enter the values of the required dimensions, angles are in degrees.
Calculated values and the diagram are updated whenever any data on this sheet are changed.
Properties: A Area
Xc, Yc Centrod coordnates
Ix, Iy Second Moment of Area about the X and Y axes
Ixc, Iyc Second Moment of Area about axes through the secton centrod
J Torsona stffness constant
Index
8
Dmensons Property
R_1 10 A
R_2 5 xc
yc
Ixc
Iyc
Ix
Iy
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Section Properties Calculator - Defined Shapes
Ths sheet provdes formuas and cacuated vaues for the shapes sted on the Index sheet and shown n the drop down box beow.
Seect a shape from the drop down box, or enter an Index number.
Enter the values of the required dimensions, angles are in degrees.
Calculated values and the diagram are updated whenever any data on this sheet are changed.
Centrod coordnates
Second Moment of Area about the X and Y axes
Second Moment of Area about axes through the secton centrod
Torsona stffness constant
Section Type
Formua
=p*R_1*R_2
=R_1
=R_2
=p/4*R_1*R_23
=p/4*R_13*R_2
=5/4*p*R_1*R_23
=5/4*p*R_13*R_2
=p*R_13*R_23/(R_12+R_22)
Ellipse
Ths sheet provdes formuas and cacuated vaues for the shapes sted on the Index sheet and shown n the drop down box beow.
Vaue
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
320
Ths sheet provdes formuas and cacuated vaues for the shapes sted on the Index sheet and shown n the drop down box beow.
R_1
X
Y
R_2
Section Properties Calculator - Coordinates
Ths sheet cacuates secton propertes of poygona shapes based on vertex coordnates.
Copy the coordnates of the shape defned on the prevous sheet, usng the button beow, or enter XY coordnates for any other shape
If the number of coordinates changes, click the "Recalc ection !roperties" button.
Click the !lot Coordinates button to update the diagram.
Properties: As for the prevous sheet pus:
Ax, Ay Frst moment of area about the X and Y axes
Ixy, Ixyc Product of Inerta about orgn and centrod
Iu, Iv Second moment of area about prncpa axes through centrod
Theta Ange of prncpa axes to X,Y axes (degrees)
X Y
600 300 Area #VALUE!
597.537 261.636851
Ax #VALUE!
590.18846 223.903625
Ay #VALUE!
578.07503 187.419899
Ix #VALUE!
561.39561 152.784734
Iy #VALUE!
540.42409 120.566841
Ixy #VALUE!
515.50481 91.2952348
Xc #VALUE!
487.04694 65.4505553
Yc #VALUE!
455.51777 43.4571711 Ixc #VALUE!
421.435 25.6762131 Iyc #VALUE!
385.35828 12.3996441
Ixyc #VALUE!
347.87997 3.84546498
Iu #VALUE!
309.61547 0.15413514
Iv #VALUE!
271.19309 1.38626612 theta #VALUE!
233.24372 7.52162635
196.39048 18.4594734
161.23851 34.0202081
128.365 53.9483236
98.309733 77.9166009
71.566212 105.531481
48.573569 136.33953
29.70934 169.834878
15.283276 205.467535
5.5322529 242.652411
0.6163822 280.778934
0.6163822 319.221066
5.5322529 357.347589
15.283276 394.532465
29.70934 430.165122
Copy Shape Coordnates Recac Secton Propertes
48.573569 463.66047
71.566212 494.468519
98.309733 522.083399
128.365 546.051676
161.23851 565.979792
196.39048 581.540527
233.24372 592.478374
271.19309 598.613734
309.61547 599.845865
347.87997 596.154535
385.35828 587.600356
421.435 574.323787
455.51777 556.542829
487.04694 534.549445
515.50481 508.704765
540.42409 479.433159
561.39561 447.215266
578.07503 412.580101
590.18846 376.096375
597.537 338.363149
600 300
580 300
577.7012 335.805605
570.84256 371.023283
559.53669 405.074761
543.96924 437.400915
524.39581 467.470949
501.13782 494.791114
474.57714 518.912815
445.14992 539.439974
413.33934 556.035534
379.66772 568.426999
344.68797 576.410899
308.97444 579.856141
273.11355 578.706152
237.69414 572.979815
203.29778 562.771158
170.48928 548.247806
139.80734 529.648231
111.75575 507.277839
86.795132 481.503951
65.335331 452.749772
47.728717 421.487447
34.264391 388.230301
25.163436 353.524416
20.57529 317.939662
20.57529 282.060338
25.163436 246.475584
34.264391 211.769699
47.728717 178.512553
65.335331 147.250228
86.795132 118.496049
111.75575 92.7221608
139.80734 70.3517687
170.48928 51.7521942
203.29778 37.2288418
237.69414 27.0201846
273.11355 21.2938484
308.97444 20.1438595
344.68797 23.5891006
379.66772 31.5730011
413.33934 43.9644656
445.14992 60.5600264
474.57714 81.0871849
501.13782 105.208886
524.39581 132.529051
543.96924 162.599085
559.53669 194.925239
570.84256 228.976717
577.7012 264.194395
580 300
600 300
Section Properties Calculator - Coordinates
Ths sheet cacuates secton propertes of poygona shapes based on vertex coordnates.
Copy the coordnates of the shape defned on the prevous sheet, usng the button beow, or enter XY coordnates for any other shape
Second moment of area about prncpa axes through centrod
Copy the coordnates of the shape defned on the prevous sheet, usng the button beow, or enter XY coordnates for any other shape
Pot Coordnates
X
Y
V
U
User Defined Functions used in this spreadsheet
SecProp
Input
"ec!rop#$%Range, &ptional &ut'
XYRange ( ) column or ) row range with *,y coordinates of a closed polygon
Out &ptional output inde* number
Output
( +,*+ array with section properties of the polygon, or a single value defined by the &ut inde*
Enter as an array function #press ctrl-shift-enter'
Area Cross sectional area
Ax
.irst moment of area about $ a*is
Ay
.irst moment of area about % a*is
Ix
econd moment of area about $ a*is
Iy
econd moment of area about % a*is
Ixy
!roduct of area about origin
Xc
Centroid $ coordinate
Yc
Centroid % coordinate
Ixc econd moment of area about centroidal a*is parallel to $ a*is
Iyc econd moment of area about centroidal a*is parallel to % a*is
Ixyc
!roduct of area about centroid
Iu
econd moment of area about principal a*is /
Iv
econd moment of area about principal a*is 0
theta (ngle of principal a*es to $% a*es #degrees'
Example
=SecProp(XYRange, 4) 10(2/E3
Eval
Input
"eval#.unction, !arameters+, 0alues+, &ptional !arameters), &ptional 0alues)''
Functon Text of functon to be evauated, startng wth =
!arameters+ Snge coumn or row range wth parameters used n the functon
0alues+ Snge coumn or row range wth vaues assocated wth the parameters n Parameters1
!arameters) Addtona parameter range, f requred
0alues) Addtona vaue range, f requred
Output
The evauated vaue of the functon
Notes: Parameters are case senstve
If the text of any parameter s ncuded wthn any other parameter then the functon w fa or evauate ncorrecty.
It s recommended that parameters start wth a snge upper case etter, and n the event of possbe ambguty,
termnate wth a _.
Operators shoud be a ower case.
The functon recognses p. A other constants shoud be specfed as a parameter.
Example
A -1 =(-B+(B2-4*A*C).5)/(2*A)
B -3
C 3
"eval#4,5,(,56(,7,8,568,7' 10(2/E3
Snge coumn or row range wth parameters used n the functon
Snge coumn or row range wth vaues assocated wth the parameters n Parameters1
If the text of any parameter s ncuded wthn any other parameter then the functon w fa or evauate ncorrecty.
It s recommended that parameters start wth a snge upper case etter, and n the event of possbe ambguty,
The functon recognses p. A other constants shoud be specfed as a parameter.
About Section Properties
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+.9+ 95-;ar-97 4(> .ormula for first and second moment of area revised, no change to results
+.9) 5-;ay-+) 4(> I*y, I*yc and ?heta fi*ed for large symmetric sections
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.ormula for first and second moment of area revised, no change to results
I*y, I*yc and ?heta fi*ed for large symmetric sections
!is pro"ram is %ree so%t$are pro,i#e# %or #emonstration purposes only+ you can copy an# re#istribute it pro,i#e# t!at it is not
c!an"e# in any $ay, ot!er t!an t!e entry o% #ata in unprotecte# #ata input cells0
