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W1000x642 W40x431
W shapes. CISC SST 12.1. Not produced in Canada. Normal use: Beam.
W1000x642 to scale.
Property
Description
Value
Unit
Mass
Mass per length
642
kg/m
D
Depth of section or height of vertical leg
1,048
mm
B
Width of flange or horizontal leg
412
mm
T
Thickness of flange
60
mm
W
Thickness of web
34
mm
BT
Width-to-thickness ratio of flange
3.43
HW
Clear depth-to-thickness ratio of web
27.29
K
Distance between outer face of flange and web-toe of fillet
92
mm
K1
Distance between middle line of web and flange-toe of fillet
47
mm
Dnom
Nominal depth of section
1,000
mm
A
Cross-sectional area
81,800
mm²
Ix
Moment of inertia about axis XX
14,500
10⁶ mm⁴
Sx
Elastic section modulus about axis XX
27,700
10³ mm³
Rx
Radius of gyration about axis XX
421
mm
Zx
Plastic modulus about axis XX
32,100
10³ mm³
Iy
Moment of inertia about axis YY
703
10⁶ mm⁴
Sy
Elastic section modulus about axis YY
3,410
10³ mm³
Ry
Radius of gyration about axis YY
92.7
mm
Zy
Plastic modulus about axis YY
5,380
10³ mm³
J
St-Venant torsional constant
73,800
10³ mm⁴
Cw
Warping constant
172,000
10⁹ mm⁶
SA
Surface area per metre
3.68
m²/m
Wn
Normalized unit warping function
102,000
mm²
Sw
Warping statical moment
629
10⁶ mm⁴
Qf
Statical moment at point in flange in line with web face
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