Section Properties Calculator - Index

Index of defined shapes

No. Shape
1 Circle
2 Semicircle
3 Circular Sector
4 Circular Segment
5 Annulus
6 Semi Annulus
7 Annulus Sector
8 Ellipse
9 Semi-Ellipse
10 Quarter-Ellipse
11 Hollow-ellipse
12 Parabola
13 Semi-parabola
14 nth degree parabola-1
15 nth degree parabola-2
16 Regular N sided polygon
17 Hollow regular n sided polygon
18 Rectangle
19 Parallelogram
20 Inclined rectangle
21 Diamond
22 Hollow rectangle
23 Channel
24 Tapered channel
25 I section-1
26 I section-2
27 Tapered I section
28 T section
29 L section
30 Z section
31 Trapezoid
32 Right Triangle
33 Equilateral Triangle
34 Isosceles Triangle
35 Triangle
36 Rotated section
37 Translated section
Section Properties Calculator - Defined Shapes
This sheet provides formulas and calculated values for the shapes listed on the Index sheet and shown in the drop do
Select 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 Centroid coordinates
Ix, Iy Second Moment of Area about the X and Y axes
Ixc, Iyc Second Moment of Area about axes through the section centroid
J Torsional stiffness constant

Index
5
Dimensions Property
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280 #REF!

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ties Calculator - Defined Shapes
mulas and calculated values for the shapes listed on the Index sheet and shown in the drop down box below.
e drop down box, or enter an Index number.
required dimensions, angles are in degrees.
the diagram are updated whenever any data on this sheet are changed.

Centroid coordinates
Second Moment of Area about the X and Y axes
Second Moment of Area about axes through the section centroid
Torsional stiffness constant

Section Type
Annulus
Formula Value
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Section Properties Calculator - Coordinates
This sheet calculates section properties of polygonal shapes based on vertex coordinates.
Copy the coordinates of the shape defined on the previous sheet, using the button below, or enter XY coordinates for any
If the number of coordinates changes, click the "Recalc Section Properties" button.
Click the Plot Coordinates button to update the diagram.
Properties: As for the previous sheet plus:
Ax, Ay First moment of area about the X and Y axes
Ixy, Ixyc Product of Inertia about origin and centroid
Iu, Iv Second moment of area about principal axes through centroid
Theta Angle of principal axes to X,Y axes (degrees)

Copy Shape Coordinates Recalc Section Properties

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
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
n below, or enter XY coordinates for any other shape

Plot Coordinates

X
User Defined Functions used in this spreadsheet

SecProp
Input
=SecProp(XYRange, Optional Out)
XYRange A 2 column or 2 row range with x,y coordinates of a closed polygon
Out Optional output index number

Output
A 14x1 array with section properties of the polygon, or a single value defined by the Out index
Enter as an array function (press ctrl-shift-enter)
Area Cross sectional area
Ax First moment of area about X axis
Ay First moment of area about Y axis
Ix Second moment of area about X axis
Iy Second moment of area about Y axis
Ixy Product of area about origin
Xc Centroid X coordinate
Yc Centroid Y coordinate
Ixc Second moment of area about centroidal axis parallel to X axis
Iyc Second moment of area about centroidal axis parallel to Y axis
Ixyc Product of area about centroid
Iu Second moment of area about principal axis U
Iv Second moment of area about principal axis V
theta Angle of principal axes to XY axes (degrees)

Example
=SecProp(XYRange, 4) #VALUE!

Eval
Input
=eval(Function, Parameters1, Values1, Optional Parameters2, Optional Values2))
Function Text of function to be evaluated, starting with =
Parameters1 Single column or row range with parameters used in the function
Values1 Single column or row range with values associated with the parameters in Parameters1
Parameters2 Additional parameter range, if required
Values2 Additional value range, if required
Output
The evaluated value of the function
Notes: Parameters are case sensitive
If the text of any parameter is included within any other parameter then the function will fail or evaluate incorrectly
It is recommended that parameters start with a single upper case letter, and in the event of possible ambiguity,
terminate with a _.
Operators should be all lower case.
The function recognises pi. All other constants should be specified as a parameter.
Example
A -1 =(-B+(B^2-4*A*C)^.5)/(2*A)
B -3
C 3

=eval(D46,A46:A48,B46:B48) #VALUE!
 eters in Parameters1

tion will fail or evaluate incorrectly.

event of possible ambiguity,
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Disclaimer

This program is free software provided for demonstration purposes only; you can copy and
redistribute it provided that it is not changed in any way, other than the entry of data in unprotected
data input cells.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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ã Copyright 2008 Interactive Design Services Pty Ltd. all rights reserved

Revision History

Current Version 1.02 6-May-12

Rev Date By Description

1.00 1/30/2008 DAJ First release

1.01 06-Mar-08 DAJ Formula for first and second moment of area revised, no change to results
1.02 6-May-12 DAJ Ixy, Ixyc and Theta fixed for large symmetric sections
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