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Monosymmetry section constant

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ADrunkenMan

Structural
Jan 4, 2007
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I need some help in calculating the monosymmetry constant for a unique cold foremd steel section.
SO far all i can find is the formula for it which involves a rather nasty looking intergration.
If anyone knows much about this or is good at maths, please give me a hand.
Cheers
 
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From ‘The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures’ by NS Trahair and MA Bradford, Chapman and Hall, 1988.

An approx. method is given where the monosymmetry constant for a monosymmetric I-beam is;

[β] x = 0.9*h*(2*[ρ] m – 1)*(1-Iy^2/Ix^2)

Where;
[ρ] m = Iyc/ Iy

And;
Iyc is the section minor axis second moment of area of the compression flange.

And;
h is the distance between the centroids of the compression and tension flanges.

 
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