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Crossarm parameter: Section Modulus
Updated over 8 months ago

The Section Modulus takes the Second Moment of Area (measure of the stiffness of a object due to its geometric shape) and divides this by the distance from the Neutral Axis to the outer surface of the object.

For a cross arm that is 0.1m wide by 0.15m deep the second moment of area vs horizontal is 1,250cm4 and the second moment of area vs vertical is 2,812.5cm4.

The y dimension would be given as per the below diagrams of the cross arm:

Hence:

Note that these two values above match what Neara calculates using the button Derive assuming rectangular cross section as seen here:

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