General Section Designer

 

 

 

General Section Designer is a tool that calculates the section properties, interaction curves, moment curvatures, and stress distribution of a general shape of section.

 

Scope of GSD:

 

  • Definition of any  irregular cross-section.

  • Calculation of Section properties

  • Generation of P-M, P-My-Mz, M-M interaction curves

  • Calculation of Section Capacity (in flexure) and Safety Ratio based on member forces.

  • Generation of Moment-Curvature curve.

  • Plot of Stress contours  for all the cross-sections.

 

All the above features are supported for: RC sections, Steel sections and Composite sections.

 

 

 

From the Main Menu select Tools > General Section Designer.

 

 

 

New for Gen 2010

 

  midas GSD window

 

midas GSD window

 

  midas GSD Work Procedure

 

 

Please refer to the GSD online help for more details: Go to the GSD online help