The radius of gyration is the distance from the centroid of a section at which all the area of the section could be concentrated without having an effect on the moment of inertia. The radius of gyration of a shape with respect to each axis is given by:
All the section properties in the following table are calculated in this spreadsheet:
The radius of gyration is the distance from the centroid of a section at which all the area of the section could be concentrated without having an effect on the moment of inertia. The radius of gyration of a shape with respect to each axis is given by:
All the section properties in the following table are calculated in this spreadsheet:
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