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Radius of Gyration PDF

The radius of gyration is used in structural engineering to describe the distribution of cross-sectional area in a column around its centroidal axis. It is calculated as the square root of the ratio of the area moment of inertia to the cross-sectional area. The document provides formulas to calculate the radius of gyration for various standard cross-sectional shapes like rectangles, hollow squares, triangles, and more.

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Radius of Gyration PDF

The radius of gyration is used in structural engineering to describe the distribution of cross-sectional area in a column around its centroidal axis. It is calculated as the square root of the ratio of the area moment of inertia to the cross-sectional area. The document provides formulas to calculate the radius of gyration for various standard cross-sectional shapes like rectangles, hollow squares, triangles, and more.

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Radius of gyration is used to describe the distribution of cross

sectional area in a column around its centroidal axis


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In structural engineering the Radius of Gyration is used to describe the distribution of cross
sectional area in a column around its centroidal axis.

• vs. Radius of Gyration in Mechanics


The structural engineering radius of gyration can be expressed as

R = (I / A)1/2 (1)

where

R = radius of gyration (m, mm, ft, in...)

I = Area Moment Of Inertia (m4, mm4, ft4, in4 ..)

A = cross sectional area (m3, mm2, ft2, in2...)

Some typical Sections and their Radius of Gyration


Rectangle - with axis in center

Radius of Gyration for a rectangle with axis in center can be calculated as

r = 0.289 h (1)
Rectangle - with excentric axis

Radius of Gyration for a rectangle with excentric axis can be calculated as

r = 0.577 h (2)

Rectangle - with tilted axis

Radius of Gyration for a rectangle with tilted axis can be calculated as

r = b h / (6 (b2 + h2))1/2 (3)

Rectangle - with tilted axis II


Radius of Gyration for a rectangle with tilted axis can be calculated as

r = (((h2 + cos2a) + (b2 sin2a)) / 12)1/2 (4)

Hollow Square

Radius of Gyration for a hollow square can be calculated as

r = ((H2 + h2) / 12)1/2 (5)


Hollow Square - with tilted axis

Radius of Gyration for a hollow square with tilted axis can be calculated as

r = ((H2 + h2) / 12)1/2 (6)

Equilateral Triangle with excentric axis

Radius of Gyration for a equilateral triangle can be calculated as


r = h / (18)1/2 (7)

Triangle

Radius of Gyration for a equilateral triangle can be calculated as

r = h / (6)1/2 (8)

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