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Castellatedsectionsareformedbyweldinglongitudinallycutwebsofrolledsections(rolledI
sectionsavailableinsectiondatabases).Thereare2castellatedsectiontypesavailable:thosewith
hexagonalorwithroundopenings.

CastellatedmemberscanbedesignedonlyinaccordancewiththePolishsteelcode.

Thefollowingparametersspecifyacastellatedsection:

LabelAssignsalabel(name)toasection.(Robotassignsautomaticallyastandardlabelwiththe
nameofthesectionselectedfromthedatabaseandthefigurexdenotingthenewsectionheight,
suchas,HP8x36_8),where:
x=h+cHexagonalopenings

x=h+c+hsHexagonalopeningswithaspacerplate

x=HRoundopenings(Histhetotalsectionheightspecifiedbytheuser)

ColorSpecifiesacolorforasection.
Specifyasection:
Hexagonalopenings:

cCutdepth

wDistancebetweenopenings

aSpacingofopenings

Hexagonalopeningswithanadditionalspacer
plate:

cCutdepth

wDistancebetweenopenings

hsHeightofaspacerplate
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Roundopenings:

dDiameterofopenings

wDistancebetweenopenings

HSectionheight

SectiontypeSetofoptionsforselectinganappropriatesectiontype.
GammaangleSpecifiesthegammaangleofasection.

SECTIONSWITHHEXAGONALOPENINGS
Geometricalproperties

Totalsectionheight:H=h+c+hs

Crosssectionalareaofthesolidsection

Ap=A+c*tw

Crosssectionalareaofthesectionwithanopening

Ao=Ac*tw

CrosssectionalareaoftheTshapedpartofasection(sectionwithanopening)

A=0.5*Ao

Crosssectionalareaseffectiveforshear

Ay=2*bf*tfCrosssectionalareaofflanges

Az=tw*(h2*tfc)Crosssectionalareaofthewebintheweakestsectionwithanopening

Positionofthesectioncentroid

vz=vpz=0.5*H

vy=vpy=0.5*bf

MomentsofinertiaaboutYandZaxes,respectively,ofthesectionmadeonlyofflanges:
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Asolidsection

Asectionwithanopening

Arithmeticaverageofthemomentsofinertiaofsectionsweakenedandnotweakenedbyopenings

Torsionalmomentofinertia

SECTIONSWITHROUNDOPENINGS
Geometricalproperties

dDiameterofopenings

wDistancebetweenopenings

HNewsectionheight(totalheightofthesectionwithaspacerplate)

Crosssectionalareaofasolidsection

Ap=A+(Hh)*tw

Crosssectionalareaofasectionwithanopening

Ao=A+(Hhd)*tw

CrosssectionalareaoftheTshapedpartofasection(sectionwithanopening)
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A=0.5*Ao

Crosssectionalareaseffectiveforshear

Ay=2*bf*tfCrosssectionalareaofflanges

Az=tw*(H2*tfd)Crosssectionalareaofawebintheweakestsectionwithanopening

Positionofthesectioncentroid

vz=vpz=0.5*H

vy=vpy=0.5*bf

MomentsofinertiaaboutYandZaxes,respectively,ofthesectionmadeonlyofflanges

Asolidsection

Asectionwithanopening

Arithmeticaverageofthemomentsofinertiaofthesectionsweakenedandnotweakenedby
openings

Torsionalmomentofinertia

Selfweight
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SECTIONSWITHHEXAGONALOPENINGS
Becauseacastellatedsectionwithhexagonalopeningsismadeofastandardsection(withknown
parameters)withalmostnolosses(onlysectionends,buttheycanbedisregarded),itsweightis
theweightoftheinitialsection.Ifthesectionincludesadditionalspacerplates,theweightofspacer
platesshouldbeaddedtoit:

G=g+Gs

gWeightoftheinitialsection

where:

hs*twCrosssectionalareaofaspacerplate

rsunitweightofsteel

Therefore,theselfweight

SECTIONSWITHROUNDOPENINGS
Theselfweightofacastellatedsectionwithroundopeningsshouldbecalculatedasaweightof
thesectionwithaspacerplate(height'H'),ofthesolidcrosssection,andreducedbytheweightof
openings.

Weightoftheinitialsection(fromadatabase):g

Weightofthesolidsectionwithaspacerplate:g1=g+rs*(Hh)*tw

Weightofthecastellatedsectionwithroundopenings

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