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 uncracked / cracked 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.

 

 

 

 

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midas GSD window

 

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

 

 

tri.jpgRevision of Gen 2014 (v1.1)

 

Q1. GSD is hanging up when I perform the design. Why?