The CivilWeb Moment of Inertia of Z Section Calculator is a useful spreadsheet which can be used to determine all the required section property information for Z shaped purlin sections. The spreadsheet includes all the section property information included in UK steel standards (Arcelor Mittal Orange Book). The spreadsheet also includes a powerful section property calculator which can be used to determine the section design properties from non-standard Z shaped sections of any dimensions.
In combination these two tools allow the designer to determine all the section property information required for the design of any standard or non-standard sized Z purlin section. This makes this spreadsheet a vital tool for any designer working with Z purlin sections. The CivilWeb Moment of Inertia of Z Section Calculator can be purchased on this page for only £9.99.
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Z Sections
Z shaped sections are commonly used as purlins and rails for steel sheet cladding systems and roofing systems. The purlins sit between the outer steel sheets and the internal main steel frame sections. The Z sections shape gives it additional strength compared to comparable C shaped sections which are also often used for the same purposes.
The Z purlins shape allows it to take advantage of the lever arm effect to increase the sections resistance to bending. A sections resistance to bending comes from a combination of the quantity of material and this material's distance from the neutral axis running through the centre of the section. Material further from the neutral axis experiences a multiplier effect from this distance which is known as the lever arm. The further away from the neutral axis the material is, the greater its contribution to the sections bending resistance.
This lever arm effect is why solid sections are much less efficient and therefore used very rarely, while open sections or hollow sections are much more efficient at resisting bending and why they are used much more commonly is structural design.
A Z section includes much of its material at the extremities of the section in the two flanges, and little material in the centre in the web which holds the two together. This allows the z section to achieve very efficient bending resistance for relatively little material and cost.
CivilWeb Moment of Inertia of Z Section Calculator - Section Properties Included
The CivilWeb Moment of Inertia of Z Section Calculator includes all the design information about the latest published Z sections in UK standards (Arcelor Mittal Orange Book). The spreadsheet includes the following published design section properties;
- All Geometric Properties
- Mass per Metre
- Area of Section
- Moment of Inertia for Both Axis (Second Moment of Area)
- Radius of Gyration for Both Axis
- Elastic Section Modulus for Both Axis
- Warping Constant
- Torsional Constant of Inertia
- Shear Centre Location
- Neutral Axis Location
The CivilWeb Moment of Inertia of Z Section Calculator also includes an easy to use section property calculator tool for the calculation of the section properties for non-standard Z shaped sections of any dimensions. This calculator tool can accommodate Z shaped sections of any thickness and section dimensions.
The CivilWeb Moment of Inertia of Z Section Calculator includes the following calculators for user specified sections;
- Area of Section
- Centre of Gravity Location
- Moment of Inertia for Both Axis (Second Moment of Area)
- Radisu of Gyration for Both Axis
- Elastic Section Modulus for Both Axis
CivilWeb Moment of Inertia of Z Section Calculator
The CivilWeb Moment of Inertia of Z Section Calculator is a very useful spreadsheet tool which allows the designer to determine all the required section properties for standard or non-standard Z sections. The spreadsheet includes all the latest information on Z steel sections published in the UK steel standards (Arcelor Mittal Orange Book) and includes a calculator tool for non-standard Z sections of any dimensions.
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