Flexural Properties of Stringer Sections (Lipped and Unlipped Angles, Channels and Z-Sections)
Flexural Properties of Stringer Sections (Lipped and Unlipped Angles, Channels and Z-Sections)
Flexural Properties of Stringer Sections (Lipped and Unlipped Angles, Channels and Z-Sections)
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FLEXURAL PROPERTIES OF STRINGER SECTIONS (LIPPED AND UNLIPPED
ANGLES, CHANNELS AND Z-SECTIONS)
1. NOTATION
h depth of web m in
I second moment of area of section about axis through centroid of section m4 in4
parallel to a flange.
Both SI and British units are quoted but any coherent system of units may be used.
2. NOTES
It is assumed that the stringer is constrained to bend in the plane of the web, and therefore it should be noted
that the moment of inertia of the stringer is about an axis through its centroid parallel to the flanges and is
not the moment of inertia of an unconstrained strut.
It is assumed that the stringer is constrained to bend in the plane of one flange, and therefore it should be
noted that the moment of inertia of the stringer is about an axis through its centroid parallel to the other
flange, and is not the moment of inertia appropriate to the bending of an unconstrained strut.
The curves are drawn for sections with sharp angles, but they may be applied to sections with rounded
corners provided that the actual cross-sectional area is used instead of A .
3. DERIVATION
t 2 3 3 2 t 4 3 2 2 3 4
I = ------ [ t ( c + d ) + 4 ( c + d ) + 12cd ] – ---------------------- [ d + 4cd + 6c d + 4c d + c ] . (3.1)
12 8(c + d)
t 3 2 2
I = ------ ( h + 2dt + 6dh ) . (3.2)
12
t 3 3 2 2 2
I = ------ [ ( h + 8c – 12hc ) + 6h ( d + c ) + dt ] . (3.3)
12
2
01.00.01
d/t 5 10 15
5.0
4.5
90 100 A/t2
60 70 80
50 h/t
4.0
50
45
3.5
40
40
3.0
35
2
k /A = I/A2 2.5 30
30
2.0 25
20
2
20
1.5 A/t
15
1.0
10
0.5
0.0
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
d/h
c
FIGURE 1 CHANNEL AND Z-SECTIONS --- = 0
h
3
01.00.01
4.5
90 100 2
A/t
60 70 80
4.0
h/t
50
3.5
50
45
3.0
40
40
35
2.5
2 2
k /A = I/A
30
30
2.0
25
1.5 20
20
2
A/t
15
1.0
10
0.5
0.0
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
d/h
c
FIGURE 2 CHANNEL AND Z-SECTIONS --- = 0.1
h
4
01.00.01
4.0
3.0 90 45
80 40
2.5
70 35
2 2
k /A = I/A
2.0 60 30
50 25
1.5
40 20
1.0 30 15
10
0.5
0.0
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
d/h
c
FIGURE 3 CHANNEL AND Z-SECTIONS --- = 0.2
h
5
01.00.01
c/t 5 10 15
3.50
3.25
A/t2
120
3.00
110
2.75
d/t
100
2.50 50
90
2.25 45
80
2.00 40
2
k /A = I/A2
1.75 70 35
1.50 60 30
1.25 50 25
1.00 40 20
0.75 30 15
0.50 20 10
A/t2
0.25
0.00
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50
c/d