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AISC_Section

Purpose

extracts section properties from AISC W-,M-,S-,HP- and HSS-section database

Synopsis

SecProp = AISC_Section (sect)

Description

AISC_SECTION extracts section properties from AISC W-,M-,S-,HP- and HSS-section database
  SECPROP = AISC_SECTION (SECT)
  the function extracts the following properties from the W-,M-,S-,HP- and HSS-section database
  for the section with AISC Manual Label in character array SECT:
  W, A, d, bf, tw, tf, Ix, Zx, Sx, rx, Iy, Zy, Sy, ry, J, Cw
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  The units for these properties are IN, IN2, IN3 and IN4
  The structure SECPROP contains the properties in fields with the same name
  Example: SecData = AISC_Section ('W14x193');

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