{"id":43695,"date":"2020-05-06T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T16:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/asec-beam-section-parameters\/"},"modified":"2020-05-06T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T16:39:18","slug":"asec-beam-section-parameters","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/asec-beam-section-parameters\/","title":{"rendered":"ASEC beam section parameters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am new to Ansys APDL, and I came across the asec beam section in the modelling for a ribbed box section as shown in below (Please advise me if there are any other better sections in Ansys that I should use)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/d963683f-a33f-4976-9738-abb3010deeff\/5f148da1-4d87-4f48-9cb9-abb301114796_ribbed-box-section.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>During the modelling of the ASEC section, I need to input the y&amp;z coordinate of the centroid and also the moment of inertia about the y&amp;z-axis. I am wondering where the coordinate system for the ASEC section actually locates since for the beam rect and beam L section their CS is located at centroid and left bottom corner respectively.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/d963683f-a33f-4976-9738-abb3010deeff\/99ab2b2f-a344-48dc-8c38-abb301104bd9_beam-rect.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/d963683f-a33f-4976-9738-abb3010deeff\/558174c6-5a53-4de1-99a4-abb301105888_beam-l.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A lot of thanks for the time and help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-43695","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["15876"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["773"],"_bbp_subscription":["250999"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["43695"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["81","176839"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["114615"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["114615"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-05-15 09:49:38"]},"test":"colinccy"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/43695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/43695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}