sajou.sections module

Define the classes and methods to work with sections.

class sajou.sections.BeamSection(name, material, data, type='rectangular')

Bases: object

Defines a beam section

Parameters:

• name (str) – name of the section
• material (Material instance) – material of the section defined as an instance of Material object
• data (tuple) – properties of the section
• type (str) –

  defines the type of cross-section

  type	data format
  ‘rectangular’:	data=(width, height,)
  ‘circular’:	data=(r, )
  ‘I-section’:	data=(H, h_f, w_web, w_f)
  ‘general’:	data=(A, I_3,)

calc_area()

Calculate the area of the section

Returns:TODO

calc_inertia()

Calculate the moment of inertia of the beam section

Returns:Iz, Iy

compute_properties()

Compute all the mechanical properties for the given section

Returns:TODO

print_properties()

Prints the properties of the BeamSection instance

Returns:TODO