The CivilWeb Solid Circle Moment of Inertia Calculator is an easy to use collection of section property calculator tools for solid circular and elliptical sections of any material. The spreadsheet can be used to calculate all the section properties required for the design of solid circular sections of any size and made of any material. The spreadsheet also includes calculators for semi-circles, circle sectors and circle segments of any size or shape as well as semi-ellipses and quarter ellipses. The CivilWeb Solid Circle Moment of Inertia Calculator can be purchased for only £9.99.
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Solid Circular Sections
Solid circular sections are commonly used in many different types of construction. Much more common in structural steel design is the circular hollow section (CHS). Circular hollow sections are a much more efficient use of material than a solid circular section because the material in the centre of the section is not as effective at resisting bending than the material around the edges.
This is because the materials resistance to bending is determined by its strength and it’s distance from the neutral axis. This determines its lever arm and works as a multiplier on bending resistance. In a circular section the neutral axis passes through the centre of the section. This means that all the material in the centre of the sections does not take advantage of the lever arm multiplier effect, reducing its contribution to the bending resistance of the section.
For this reason circular hollow sections are much more efficient use of the material than a solid circular section, at least where bending resistance is concerned. For the same amount of material and a similar cost, it is much more efficient to use a larger circular hollow section with the material spread around the outside of the section, rather than use a smaller diameter solid circular section.
Solid circular sections are still in common use. Often this is because a section is too small for a hollow section to be fabricated. Also solid circular sections are often used as part of composite shaped sections and also when reinforcement steel or other solid circular sections are cheap and easily available.
CivilWeb Solid Circle Moment of Inertia Calculator - Section Properties Included
The CivilWeb Solid Circle Moment of Inertia Calculator includes a set of powerful section calculator tools which the designer can use to calculate section design properties for solid circular sections. The spreadsheet includes the following section shapes;
- Solid Circular Sections
- Solid Semi-Circular Sections
- Solid Circle Sector
- Solid Circle Segment
- Solid Ellipse
- Solid Semi-Ellipse
- Solid Quarter-Ellipse
Calculators for hollow circular and elliptical sections can be found on our Tube Section Properties Calculator page.
The CivilWeb Solid Circle Moment of Inertia Calculator includes the following calculators for user specified sections;
- Section Area
- Location of the Centre of Gravity
- Second Moment of Area (or Moment of Inertia Circle Calculator)
- Radius of Gyration
- Elastic Section Modulus Formula for Circle
- Plastic Section Modulus Formula for Circle
- Torsional Constant of Inertia
CivilWeb Solid Circle Moment of Inertia Calculator
The CivilWeb Solid Circle Moment of Inertia Calculator is a very useful tool for any designer working on structural design or analysis. The spreadsheet includes a unique collection of section design property calculators which can be used to calculate the required design properties for solid circular sections of any size.
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