Section Properties

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Description

Get GSA Section Properties

Input parameters

Icon	Type	Name	Description
	Section	Section	Section Property (Beam) to get a bit more info out of.

Output parameters

Icon	Type	Name	Description
	Unit Number Area	Area	Section Area
	Unit Number Area Moment Of Inertia	Moment of Inertia y-y	Section Moment of Intertia around local y-y axis
	Unit Number Area Moment Of Inertia	Moment of Inertia z-z	Section Moment of Intertia around local z-z axis
	Unit Number Area Moment Of Inertia	Moment of Inertia y-z	Section Moment of Intertia around local y-z axis
	Unit Number Area Moment Of Inertia	Moment of Inertia u-u	Section Moment of Intertia around principal u-u axis
	Unit Number Area Moment Of Inertia	Moment of Inertia v-v	Section Moment of Intertia around principal v-v axis
	Unit Number Angle	Angle	Angle between local and principal axis
	Generic	Shear Area Factor y-y	Section Shear Area Factor around local y-y axis
	Generic	Shear Area Factor z-z	Section Shear Area Factor around local z-z axis
	Generic	Shear Area Factor u-u	Section Shear Area Factor around local u-u axis
	Generic	Shear Area Factor v-v	Section Shear Area Factor around local v-v axis
	Unit Number Area Moment Of Inertia	Torsion Constant J	Section Torsion constant J
	Unit Number Section Modulus	Torsion Constant C	Section Torsion constant C
	Unit Number Section Modulus	Section Modulus in y	Section Modulus in y-direction
	Unit Number Section Modulus	Section Modulus in z	Section Modulus in z-direction
	Unit Number Section Modulus	Plastic Modulus in y	Plastic Section Modulus in y-direction
	Unit Number Section Modulus	Plastic Modulus in z	Plastic Section Modulus in z-direction
	Unit Number Length	Elastic Centroid in y	Elastic Centroid in y-direction
	Unit Number Length	Elastic Centroid in z	Elastic Centroid in z-direction
	Unit Number Length	Radius of Gyration in y	Radius of Gyration in y-direction
	Unit Number Length	Radius of Gyration in z	Radius of Gyration in z-direction
	Unit Number Surface Area / Unit Length	Surface Area / Unit Length	Section Surface Area per Unit Length
	Unit Number Volume / Unit Length	Volume / Unit Length	Section Volume per Unit Length