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W1000x748 W40x503
W shapes. CISC SST 12.1. Not produced in Canada. Normal use: Beam.
W1000x748 to scale.
Property
Description
Value
Unit
Mass
Mass per length
748
kg/m
D
Depth of section or height of vertical leg
1,068
mm
B
Width of flange or horizontal leg
417
mm
T
Thickness of flange
70
mm
W
Thickness of web
39
mm
BT
Width-to-thickness ratio of flange
2.98
HW
Clear depth-to-thickness ratio of web
23.79
K
Distance between outer face of flange and web-toe of fillet
102
mm
K1
Distance between middle line of web and flange-toe of fillet
50
mm
Dnom
Nominal depth of section
1,000
mm
A
Cross-sectional area
95,300
mm²
Ix
Moment of inertia about axis XX
17,300
10⁶ mm⁴
Sx
Elastic section modulus about axis XX
32,400
10³ mm³
Rx
Radius of gyration about axis XX
426
mm
Zx
Plastic modulus about axis XX
37,900
10³ mm³
Iy
Moment of inertia about axis YY
851
10⁶ mm⁴
Sy
Elastic section modulus about axis YY
4,080
10³ mm³
Ry
Radius of gyration about axis YY
94.5
mm
Zy
Plastic modulus about axis YY
6,460
10³ mm³
J
St-Venant torsional constant
116,000
10³ mm⁴
Cw
Warping constant
212,000
10⁹ mm⁶
SA
Surface area per metre
3.73
m²/m
Wn
Normalized unit warping function
104,000
mm²
Sw
Warping statical moment
759
10⁶ mm⁴
Qf
Statical moment at point in flange in line with web face
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