BuildingTcl -- addSection: SectionModelLabel AISCWideFlangeElastic

Commands

addSectionData SectionLabel $SectionLabel

addSectionData SectionModelLabel AISCWideFlangeElastic

addSectionData E $E

<addSectionData SectionDescription $SectionDescription >

<addSectionData WideFlangeSize $WideFlangeSize>

<addSectionData nu $nu>

<addSectionData J$J>

<addSectionData WeightDensity $WeightDensity>;

addSection

Arguments

$SectionLabel

Unique Section Label for reference

The user can just specify the WideFlangeSize directly in the SectionLabel .

The user can assign metadata to the section in the SectionLabel while keeping the WideFlangeSize by using an underscore (_) to separate the metadata. E.g.

addSectionData SectionLabel W44X290_mine

$E

Elastic Modulus

$SectionDescription

Text. Optional, default = blank {}

$WideFlangeSize

Standard AISC Wide-Flange size. Optional, default = $SectionLabel

The user can just specify the WideFlangeSize directly in the SectionLabel .

BuildingTcl -- AISC WideFlangeSizes Available

$nu

Poisson's Ratio. Used to calulated G=($E/2/(1+$nu). Optional, default = 0.2

$J

Torsional Moment of Inertia. Optional, default = 1.e8

$WeightDensity

Linear Weight Density of section. Used to calculated element weight: ElementWeight=$WeightDensity*ElementLength. Optional, default = 0.

NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CURRENT VERSION

Notes

The addSection command must be placed at the end of each Section-data definition, as it takes all data defined since the last addSection command and define the Section.

OpenSees Object

This SectionModel is based on the OpenSees Elastic Section

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BuildingTcl -- addSection

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