EDUCATION RESOURCES © 2021 ANSYS, Inc. Claes Fredriksson and David Mercier Ansys Materials Education Division Level 3 Industrial Case Study Material Properties and Structural Sections First Published: September 2019 Current Edition: July 2021GRANTA EDUPACK © 2021 ANSYS, Inc. 2 Summary When materials are used for structural support, such as in buildings and general construction, the shape is as fundamental as the material properties themselves. This shape determines how effective the material is fulfilling its structural function, for instance beams supporting loads in bending. The influence of the shape on performance is usually separated from the visual process of material selection in Granta EduPack. However, there exists a data-table of standard structural sections for a limite

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