Kootk- I pretty much did what you outlined. I did end up modeling this in the python program Lomarandil linked above, mainly for experimenting between full and intermittent connectivity between the parts (which ShapeBuilder won't do) and seeing the magnitude of difference between the two. I'll...
Thanks everyone for your quick replies. For whatever reason, the merge function in ShapeBuilder would not combine all the channel shapes into one section, and so wouldn't run the advanced FEA to get the torsional properties. I ended up getting it to work after fiddling with it for a bit, which...
Hey all,
I have a built-up shape consisting of (4) channels welded together that form a sort of box section, see attached. I am trying to determine the Torsional Warping Constant Cw and Saint-Venant Torsion Constant J for this combined section. These constants are required for finding the...
