Plastic Section Modulus T Section

In that case the whole section is divided in two parts one in tension and one in compression each under uniform stress field.
Plastic section modulus t section. The plastic section modulus for a rectangular cross section can be determined by multiplying each section half e g the shaded area shown in figure 1 50 by the distance from its centroid to the centroid for the whole section. The plastic section modulus is similar to the elastic one but defined with the assumption of full plastic yielding of the cross section due to flexural bending. The plastic section modulus depends on the location of the plastic neutral axis pna.
The majority of designs do not intentionally encounter this behavior. The plastic section modulus can also be called the first moment of area.