Asymmetric general-shape section - agss

This is a section frequently adopted for the modelling of non-standard shape steel profiles.

Materials and Dimensions

Only one material (steel) needs to be defined.

The required dimensions are as follows:

• Bottom flange width. The default value is 0.1 m
• Bottom flange thickness. The default value is 0.01 m
• Top flange width. The default value is 0.075 m
• Top flange thickness. The default value is 0.015 m
• Web height. The default value is 0.3 m
• Web thickness. The default value is 0.02 m
• Bottom flange eccentricity. The default value is 0.03 m
• Top flange eccentricity. The default value is 0.05 m

Note: A C-shaped section can be obtained by defining zero-length bottom and top flange eccentricities. An L-shaped section, on the other hand, can be obtained by assigning identical values to top flange width and web thickness (together with bottom and top flange eccentricities equal to zero).