BarSection Element

The BarSection element defines a bar crossection. Each bar type has its own element containing the characteristic dimensions as attributes. Optionally a BarSection can also have a section properties element containing area, neutral axes and moments of inertia. See the example below:

<BarSection BarSectionId="IBar240*240*10*17">

<IBar Height="240" Width="240" WebThickness="10" FlangeThickness="17"/>

<SectionProperties Area="10600" NeutralAxisU="103" NeutralAxisV="60.8" InertiaU="11259" InertiaV="3923"/>

</BarSection>

<BarSection BarSectionId="LBar180*90*10*10">

<LBar Height="180" Width="90" WebThickness="10" FlangeThickness="10"/>

<SectionProperties Area="2620" NeutralAxisU="117.2" NeutralAxisV="18.5" InertiaU="880" InertiaV="151"/>

</BarSection>

By defining a number of BarSection elements with a SectionProperties element as input a bar section standard can be defined inside the Product Information Model. When making XML reports according to TXHSTL-R the stiffeners and other profiles are matched against this standard and provided there is a match the sectional properties are included.