BuildingTcl -- addSection: SectionModelLabel AISCWideFlangeElastic

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Commands

addSectionData SectionLabel $SectionLabel
addSectionData SectionModelLabel AISCWideFlangeElastic
<addSectionData SectionDescription $SectionDescription >
<addSectionData WideFlangeSize $WideFlangeSize>
<addSectionData nu $nu>
<addSectionData J$J>
<addSectionData WeightDensity $WeightDensity>;
addSection


Arguments

$SectionLabel
Unique Section Label for reference
$SectionDescription
Text. Optional, default = blank {}
$WideFlangeSize
Standard AISC Wide-Flange size. Optional, default = $SectionLabel
The user can just specify the WideFlangeSize directly in the label.
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 = 1.e8
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.


Options

OpenSees Object

This SectionModel is based on the OpenSees Elastic Section



BuildingTcl -- addSection

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