Wide Flange Section

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This command allows the user to construct a WFSection2d object, which is an encapsulated fiber representation of a wide flange steel section appropriate for plane frame analysis.


section WFSection2d $secTag $matTag $d $tw $bf $tf $Nfw $Nff


$secTag unique section tag
$matTag tag of uniaxialMaterial assigned to each fiber
$d section depth
$tw web thickness
$bf flange width
$tf flange thickness
$Nfw number of fibers in the web
$Nff number of fibers in each flange


The section dimensions $d, $tw, $bf, and $tf can be found in the AISC steel manual.



Code Developed by: Michael H. Scott, Oregon State University