xsection

Structural cross section library

xsection is a Python package designed to streamline engineering tasks involving structural cross sections. Features include:

Automatic generation of fiber input data for simulations with FEDEASLab, xara, and OpenSees.
Calculation of section properties including:
- Timoshenko shear correction factors
- Saint Venant and Vlasov torsion constants
- Moment-Curvature realtions backed by the complete Xara/OpenSees material libraries.
- Interaction surfaces
Standard shape library including the complete AISC steel database and standard AASHTO-PCI-ASBI bridge box girders.

Note: In order to use the GMSH mesher, you must install:

conda install -c conda-forge libglu gmsh pygmsh

Support

For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.

Source distribution for xsection 0.0.40
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