Section data

Returns information concerning section properties.

RSA_SECTION_DATA (Information type, Section name)

The RSA_SECTION_DATA formula syntax has the following arguments:

Information type

The following types of information are available:

• ANGLE1

  additional angle which can be specified for some section (for example thin-walled section)

• ANGLE2

  additional angle which can be specified for some section (for example thin-walled section)

• AX

  cross-sectional area

• AY

  reduced cross-sectional area when the influence of shear forces is considered (for calculations of angular deformations XY)

• AZ

  reduced cross-sectional area when the influence of shear forces is considered (for calculations of angular deformations XZ)

• BF

  section width: basic (maximal) horizontal dimension of a section

• BF2

  width of section bf2 in a monosymmetric section

• D

  section height: basic (maximal) vertical dimension of a section

• DIM1

  dimension 1 (first numerical component of the section label)

• DIM2

  dimension 2 (second numerical component of the section label)

• DIM3

  dimension 3 (third numerical component of the section label)

• GAMMA

  Gamma angle

• IOMEGA

  warping constant I_omega

• IX

  moment of inertia for torsion

• IY

  moment of inertia about Y axis

• IZ

  moment of inertia about Z axis

• P1_LENGTH

  height of web p1 in parametric cross type section - l

• P1_THICKNESS

  thickness of web p1 in parametric cross type section - t

• P2_LENGTH

  height of web p2 in parametric cross type section - l

• P2_THICKNESS

  thickness of web p2 in parametric cross type section - t

• P3_LENGTH

  height of web p3 in parametric cross type section - l

• P3_THICKNESS

  thickness of web p3 in parametric cross type section - t

• P4_LENGTH

  height of web p4 in parametric cross type section - l

• P4_THICKNESS

  thickness of web p4 in parametric cross type section - t

• RA

  fillet radius (RA)

• RI

  fillet radius (Ri)

• S

  distance between elements in compound sections

• SURFACE

  painting area of the bar unit length (section perimeter)

• TF

  flange thickness

• TF2

  thickness of flange tf2 in a monosymmetric section

• TW

  web thickness

• VPY

  extreme fiber distance from Z axis (on the negative side of Y axis)

• VPZ

  extreme fiber distance from Y axis (on the negative side of Z axis)

• VY

  extreme fiber distance from Z axis (on the positive side of Y axis)

• VZ

  extreme fiber distance from Y axis (on the positive side of Z axis)

• WEIGHT

  nominal weight per unit length of a bar

• WELY

  value of elastic section modulus Wely = max(Iy/vz, Iy/vpz)

• WELZ

  value of elastic section modulus Welz = max(Iz/vy, Iz,/vpy)

• WX

  section modulus for calculations of torsion stresses

• WY

  shear area Qy

• WZ

  shear area Qz

• ZY

  plastic section modulus in bending about Y axis Wply

• ZZ

  plastic section modulus in bending about Z axis Wplz

Note: If you type an argument in the formula manually, enclose the text in quotation marks. You can also select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from.

Section name

The following input methods are available:

• Text - type a text (any character string) and enclose it in quotation marks
• Cell address - select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from

EXAMPLE

Open the RSA_FORMULAS.rtd and RSA_FORMULAS.xlsx files to get a better understanding of the example below.

Note: The files are located in C:/ProgramData/Autodesk/Examples/Results Connect/RSA.

Formula:

RSA_SECTION_DATA("WEIGHT","W 8x15") - specifies a weight value per unit length of the cross-section of the W 8x15 section

Result (data):

218.9086122