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W1000x486 W40x327
W shapes. CISC SST 12.1. Not produced in Canada. Normal use: Beam.
W1000x486 to scale.
Property
Description
Value
Unit
Mass
Mass per length
486
kg/m
D
Depth of section or height of vertical leg
1,036
mm
B
Width of flange or horizontal leg
308
mm
T
Thickness of flange
54.1
mm
W
Thickness of web
30
mm
BT
Width-to-thickness ratio of flange
2.85
HW
Clear depth-to-thickness ratio of web
30.93
K
Distance between outer face of flange and web-toe of fillet
86
mm
K1
Distance between middle line of web and flange-toe of fillet
45
mm
Dnom
Nominal depth of section
1,000
mm
A
Cross-sectional area
61,900
mm²
Ix
Moment of inertia about axis XX
10,200
10⁶ mm⁴
Sx
Elastic section modulus about axis XX
19,700
10³ mm³
Rx
Radius of gyration about axis XX
406
mm
Zx
Plastic modulus about axis XX
23,200
10³ mm³
Iy
Moment of inertia about axis YY
266
10⁶ mm⁴
Sy
Elastic section modulus about axis YY
1,730
10³ mm³
Ry
Radius of gyration about axis YY
65.5
mm
Zy
Plastic modulus about axis YY
2,790
10³ mm³
J
St-Venant torsional constant
42,900
10³ mm⁴
Cw
Warping constant
64,100
10⁹ mm⁶
SA
Surface area per metre
3.24
m²/m
Wn
Normalized unit warping function
75,600
mm²
Sw
Warping statical moment
315
10⁶ mm⁴
Qf
Statical moment at point in flange in line with web face
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