user_guide.rst

User Guide

The sectionproperties user guide provides an overview of each step in the sectionproperties workflow, details the theoretical background for the analysis and includes a section on validation.

.. toctree::
    :caption: Contents
    :maxdepth: 1

    user_guide/overview
    user_guide/materials
    user_guide/geometry
    user_guide/meshing
    user_guide/analysis
    user_guide/results
    user_guide/theory
    user_guide/validation

Features

Pre-Processor

• ☑ Python API
• ☑ Geometry manipulation by Shapely
• ☑ Common section geometry functions
• ☑ Custom section geometry input
• ☑ Rhino .3dm import
• ☑ .dxf import
• ☑ Perimeter offset tool
• ☑ Quadratic triangular mesh generation
• ☑ Composite material definition

Cross-Section Analysis

• ☑ Global axis geometric section properties
  • ☑ Area
  • ☑ Perimeter
  • ☑ Mass
  • ☑ First moments of area
  • ☑ Second moments of area
  • ☑ Elastic centroid
• ☑ Centroidal axis geometric section properties
  • ☑ Second moments of area
  • ☑ Elastic section moduli
  • ☑ Yield moment
  • ☑ Radii of gyration
  • ☑ Plastic centroid
  • ☑ Plastic section moduli
  • ☑ Shape factors
• ☑ Principal axis geometric section properties
  • ☑ Second moments of area
  • ☑ Elastic section moduli
  • ☑ Yield moment
  • ☑ Radii of gyration
  • ☑ Plastic centroid
  • ☑ Plastic section moduli
  • ☑ Shape factors
• ☑ Warping section properties
  • ☑ Torsion constant
  • ☑ Warping constant
  • ☑ Monosymmetry constants
• ☑ Shear section properties
  • ☑ Shear centre (elastic method)
  • ☑ Shear centre (Trefftz's method)
  • ☑ Shear areas (global axis)
  • ☑ Shear areas (principal axis)
• ☑ Cross-section stress analysis
• ☑ Mohr's circles for stresses at a point

Solver

• ☑ Direct solver
• ☑ CGS iterative solver
• ☑ Sparse matrices

Post-Processor

• ☑ Plot geometry
• ☑ Plot mesh
• ☑ Plot centroids
• ☑ Plot cross-section stresses
• ☑ Retrieve cross-section stresses
• ☐ Generate cross-section report