Structural Data Tables
Col. Nr. |
Name |
Explanation |
Unit |
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1 |
Length |
Curved length distance from the first body node normalized by the body length |
|
2 |
Mass density |
Mass per unit length |
kg/m |
3 |
Bend. stiff. X |
Bending Stiffness around X (\(EI_{xx}\)) |
Nm^2 |
4 |
Bend. stiff. Y |
Bending Stiffness around Y (\(EI_{yy}\)) |
Nm^2 |
5 |
Axial stiff. |
Longitudinal Stiffness (\(EA\)) |
N |
6 |
Tors. stiff. |
Torsional Stiffness (\(GJ\)) |
Nm^2 |
7 |
Shear stiff. |
Shear Stiffness (\(GA\)) (not used with Euler beams) |
N |
8 |
Str. pitch |
Structural pitch angle between reference X axis and elastic X axis |
deg |
9 |
Shear factor X |
Shear factor for force in principal bending axis X |
|
10 |
Shear factor Y |
Shear factor for force in principal bending axis Y |
|
11 |
Radius of gyration X |
Norm. radius of inertia corresponding to a rotation around the elastic axis X |
%chord |
12 |
Radius of gyration Y |
Norm. radius of inertia corresponding to a rotation around the elastic axis Y |
%chord |
13 |
Center of mass X |
Norm. center of mass position X |
%chord |
14 |
Center of mass Y |
Norm. center of mass position Y |
%chord |
15 |
Center of elast. X |
Norm. center of elasticity position X |
%chord |
16 |
Center of elast. Y |
Norm. center of elasticity position Y |
%chord |
17 |
Center of shear X |
Norm. center of shear position X |
%chord |
18 |
Center of shear Y |
Norm. center of shear position Y |
%chord |
19 |
Diameter |
Cross section diameter |
m |
20 |
Drag |
Drag coefficient for aerodynamic drag |