Metric and Imperial Units

The above formulas may be used with both imperial and metric units. As with all calculations care must be taken to keep consistent units throughout with examples of units which should be adopted listed below:

Notation

• c = distance to shear centre, in or mm
• N/A = neutral axis
• R = inside radius, in or mm
• θ = angle under consideration, degrees

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