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22-08-2010 #24
Those sheets are great!
I've just found that SolidWorks calculates moments of inertia, including second moment of area. I just drew out the SBR20 rail (20mm, supported) to try and compare it to unsupported rail. Here's the results for just the aluminium support on the rail:
Section properties of the selected face of SBR-20 supported round rail
Area = 400.80 millimeters^2
Centroid relative to assembly origin: ( millimeters )
X = 22.50
Y = 5.85
Z = 0.00
Moments of inertia of the area, at the centroid: ( millimeters ^ 4 )
Lxx = 8228.45 Lxy = 0.00 Lxz = 0.00
Lyx = 0.00 Lyy = 41748.33 Lyz = 0.00
Lzx = 0.00 Lzy = 0.00 Lzz = 49976.78
I for the 20mm steel bar is 7840mm^4 ... so how do I combine these two values? Solid edge will calculate them as one but of course doesn't take into account the different moduli(?) for aluminium and steel.
EDIT: I've just found out how to do it - 'Parallel axis theorem'. Why can't it be simple!Last edited by Jonathan; 22-08-2010 at 11:34 PM.
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