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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Radius of Gyration</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The relation defines the radius of gyration of a planar figure about a given axis.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">where:</p>
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               <p class="para_td">K</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The required radius of gyration</p>
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               <p class="para_td">I</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The moment of inertia of the figure about the given axis</p>
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               <p class="para_td">A</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The area of the figure</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The system calculates the values for K for both construction and centroidal axes. </p>
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