PROJECT

TITLE

Moment of Inertia
Example Problem 8.38 Bedford & Fowler

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SECTION
DATE

FILE Ix-formatted

TIME

W SECTION TENSION DESIGN

DESCRIPTION

b3
t

A3
y'
x'

A2
h
t

A1

x
b1

INPUT
t
b1
b3
h

=
=
=
=

dy1
dy2
dy3

= t/2
= h/2
= h-t/2

=
=
=

area

A1
A2
A3

= b1*t
= (h-2*t)*t
= b3*t

=
=
=

moment of inertia - centroid

Ixc1
Ixc2
Ixc3

= b1*t^3/12
= t*(h-2*t)^3/12
= b3*t^3/12

=
640000.0 mm^4
=
5760000 mm^4
= 853333.3333 mm^4

moment of inertia - rel. x-axis

Ix

= Ixc1+Ixc2+Ixc3+dy1^2*A1+dy2^2*A2+dy3^2*A3

264533333 mm^4

total area

Atot

= A1+A2+A3

16000.000 mm^2

y-coordinate of total centroid

= (A1*dy1+A2*dy2+A3*dy3)/Atot

moment of inertia - rel. x'-axis

Ix'

= Ix-y^2*Atot

= 77909333.33 mm^4

radius of gyration - rel. x'

kx'

= SQRT(Ix'/Atot)

RESULT
y-coordinate centroid

40
120
160.0
200.0

mm
mm
mm
mm

20 mm
100 mm
180 mm
4800.000 mm^2
4800 mm^2
6400 mm^2

108 mm

69.78 mm

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