/v1/section
Second moment of area & radius of gyration
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curl "https://api.oanor.com/buckling-api/v1/section" \ -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/buckling-api/v1/section", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/buckling-api/v1/section");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/buckling-api/v1/section",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)
Example response
A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.
{
"data": {
"note": "Buckling occurs about the weak axis — use moment_of_inertia_min for the critical load.",
"shape": "solid_circle",
"area_m2": 0.0019634954,
"moment_of_inertia_x_m4": 3.067961575771283e-7,
"moment_of_inertia_y_m4": 3.067961575771283e-7,
"radius_of_gyration_x_m": 0.0125,
"radius_of_gyration_y_m": 0.0125,
"moment_of_inertia_min_m4": 3.067961575771283e-7,
"radius_of_gyration_min_m": 0.0125
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2026-06-04T10:18:50.895Z",
"request_id": "d1bdd449-5ed7-450e-bfe1-2e2374ee8235"
},
"status": "ok",
"message": "Second moment of area & radius of gyration",
"success": true
}