Section.user

The following article describes the use of the section.user command. This command is used to introduce a new arbitrary section.

Syntax

section.user(id,A,As2,As3,J1,J2,J3,h2,h3)

Parameters

Parameter	description	type	default
id	The section's id	integer	-
A	Area	float	-
As2	Shear Area y	float	0.
As3	Shear Area z	float	0.
J1	Moment of Inertia around x	float	0.
J2	Moment of Inertia around y	float	0.
J3	Moment of Inertia around z	float	0.
h2	Height of section in y	float	0.
h3	Height of section in y	float	0.

Examples

Create a simple cross-section for a bar element.

section.user( 7, 1.)

Create a cross-section for a beam element.

section.user( 7, 3., 2.5, 2.5, 1e-2, 1e-4, 1e-4, 0.1, 0.2)

See also

• section module.
• User guide.