liam.mccaffrey posted on 4/11/13 at 08:39 PM
Second Moment of area Anyone know how to calculate second moment of area for a fabricated column such as this one below. Its made from 2 standard channels welded
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mcerd1 posted on 4/11/13 at 09:41 PM
how accurate does it need to be ? VIDEO
flak monkey posted on 4/11/13 at 10:13 PM
Easy way? Sketch it in Solidworks or other 3d modelling software and have a look at the section properties and it will tell you
Smokey mow posted on 4/11/13 at 11:02 PM
As they are drawn in the pic you can calculate for each of the shapes and then add the results to obtain the second moment of area for the assembly.
mcerd1 posted on 5/11/13 at 08:28 AM
do you have the sizes of the 2 channel sections ?
