Skip to content

BH.oM.Structure.SectionProperties.GenericSection

Material agnostic section. To be used for sections of material types not yet explicitly supported.

Class structure

Implemented interfaces and base types

The GenericSection is inheriting from the following base type(s) and implements the following interfaces:

Properties

Defining properties

The following properties are defined on the class

Name Type Description Quantity
Name string A unique Name is required for some structural packages to create and identify the object. -
Material IMaterialFragment Homogeneous material used throughout the full section. -
SectionProfile IProfile Profile of the section, containing dimensions and section geometry. -
Area double Gross Area of the cross section. Area [m²]
Rgy double Radius of Gyration about the local Y-Axis. Length [m]
Rgz double Radius of Gyration about the local Z-Axis. Length [m]
J double Torsion Constant. TorsionConstant [m⁴]
Iy double Moment of Inertia about the local Y-Axis. SecondMomentOfArea [m⁴]
Iz double Moment of Inertia about the local Z-Axis. SecondMomentOfArea [m⁴]
Iw double Warping Constant. WarpingConstant [m⁶]
Wely double Elastic Modulus of the section about the local Y-Axis. SectionModulus [m³]
Welz double Elastic Modulus of the section about the local Z-Axis. SectionModulus [m³]
Wply double Plastic Modulus of the section about the local Y-Axis. SectionModulus [m³]
Wplz double Plastic Modulus of the section about the local Z-Axis. SectionModulus [m³]
CentreZ double Geometric centre of the section in the local Z direction. Length [m]
CentreY double Geometric centre of the section in the local Y direction. Length [m]
Vz double Z distance from the centroid of the section to top edge of the section. Length [m]
Vpz double Z distance from the centroid of the section to bottom edge of the section. Length [m]
Vy double Y distance from the centroid of the section to right edge of the section. Length [m]
Vpy double Y distance from the centroid of the section to Left edge of the section. Length [m]
Asy double Shear Area in the local Y direction. Area [m²]
Asz double Shear Area in the local Z direction. Area [m²]

Inherited properties

The following properties are inherited from the base class of the object

Name Type Description Quantity
BHoM_Guid Guid - -
Fragments FragmentSet - -
Tags HashSet<string> - -
CustomData Dictionary<string, object> - -

Derived properties

The following properties are defined as extension methods in one of the BHoM_Engines

Name Type Description Quantity Engine
Description string Generates a default description for the Section as 'Generic ProfileDescription - MaterialName'. - Structure_Engine
DescriptionOrName string Gets the name from a IProperty. If null or empty, a default description name is provided instead. - Structure_Engine
Geometry IGeometry Gets the geometry of a GeometricalSection as its profile outlines the global XY plane. Method required for automatic display in UI packages. - Structure_Engine
HasModifiers bool Checks if a SectionProperty has any modifiers by first checking if any modifiers has been assigned, and if any of them are set to a value different than 1. - Structure_Engine
IDescription string Generates a default description for the SectionProperty, based on type, profile and material. - Structure_Engine
IDescription string Generates a default description for the IProperty, based on its properties. - Structure_Engine
IGeometry IGeometry Gets the geometry of a SectionProperty, generally as its profile outlines the global XY plane. Method required for automatic display in UI packages. - Structure_Engine
IMassPerMetre double Calculates the mass per length for the section, generally as its area mulitplied by the density. General dispatch method that calls the correct method based on type. MassPerUnitLength [kg/m] Structure_Engine
IMaterialComposition MaterialComposition Returns a SectionProperty's MaterialComposition. - Structure_Engine
InvalidSectionProfile bool - - Lusas_Engine
InvalidSectionProperty bool - - Lusas_Engine
IsNull bool Checks if a SectionProperty is null and outputs relevant error message. - Structure_Engine
IVolumePerLength double Calculates the volume per length for the section, generally as its area mulitplied by the density. General dispatch method that calls the correct method based on type. MassPerUnitLength [kg/m] Structure_Engine
Modifiers double[] Gets any modifiers from a section as an array of doubles. The modifiers are used to scale one or more of the section constants for analysis. Constants are multiplied with the modifiers, hence a modifier value of 1 means no change.
The values returned are in the following order: Area, Iy, Iz, J, Asy, Asz. Method returns null if no modifiers are found.		 - Structure_Engine

Code and Schema

C# implementation

C#
public class GenericSection : BH.oM.Base.BHoMObject,
BH.oM.Base.IBHoMObject,
BH.oM.Base.IObject,
BH.oM.Structure.SectionProperties.IGeometricalSection,
BH.oM.Structure.SectionProperties.ISectionProperty,
BH.oM.Structure.IProperty,
BH.oM.Base.IImmutable

Assembly: Structure_oM.dll

The C# class definition is available on github:

All history and changes of the class can be found by inspection the history.

JSON Schema implementation

The object is defined as a JSON schema. You can validate a JSON instance against this schema by reference. To do this, use the schema reference below in a validator like this one.

JSON Schema
{
 "$ref" : "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BHoM/BHoM_JSONSchema/develop/Structure_oM/SectionProperties/GenericSection.json"
}

The JSON Schema is available on github here: