Section

1. Section

Section is the base class for all sections.

Properties

Name	Return	Description
Name	String	Material name
A	float	Cross-sectional area
Ax	float	Shear area in local X’ axis
Ay	float	Shear area in local Y’ axis
Ix	float	Inertia aroud local X’ axis
Iy	float	Inertia aroud local Y’ axis
It	float	Torsional inertia
LinearMass	float	Linear mass
Description	string	Description

2. PipeSection

PipeSection inherits from Section. Every PipeSection object has the properties of Section.

PipeSection represents circular hollow pipe sections.

Properties

Name	Return	Description
Diameter	float	Diameter
Thickness	float	Thickness
InsulationThickness	float	Insulation thickness
Corrosion	float	Corrosion allowance
Erosion	float	Erosion allowance

3. BeamSection

BeamSection inherits from Section.

BeamSection represents beam sections.

Properties

Name	Return	Description
Type	BeamSectionType	Type of section
InputProperties	bool	True if section properties are input by the user, otherwise the properties are calculated from the section geometry
H	float	Height
B	float	Width
Tw	float	Web thickness
Tf	float	Flange thickness

The type BeamSectionType is an enumeration with the following values:

Value	Description
NonStandard	Non-standard section. The properties must be input
I	Double tee
Channel	Channel
Rect	Rectangular
Tee	Tee
EqualAngle	Equal angle. H is the side length, Tf is the thickness
UnequalAngle	Unequal angle. H and B are the side lengths, Tf is the thickness
Round	Round. H is the diameter, Tf is the thickness
Plate	Plate. H and B are used