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W460x52 W18x35
W shapes. CISC SST 12.1. Produced in Canada. Normal use: Beam.
W460x52 to scale.
Property
Description
Value
Unit
Mass
Mass per length
52
kg/m
D
Depth of section or height of vertical leg
450
mm
B
Width of flange or horizontal leg
152
mm
T
Thickness of flange
10.8
mm
W
Thickness of web
7.6
mm
BT
Width-to-thickness ratio of flange
7.04
HW
Clear depth-to-thickness ratio of web
56.37
K
Distance between outer face of flange and web-toe of fillet
32
mm
K1
Distance between middle line of web and flange-toe of fillet
24
mm
Dnom
Nominal depth of section
460
mm
A
Cross-sectional area
6,620
mm²
Ix
Moment of inertia about axis XX
212
10⁶ mm⁴
Sx
Elastic section modulus about axis XX
942
10³ mm³
Rx
Radius of gyration about axis XX
179
mm
Zx
Plastic modulus about axis XX
1,090
10³ mm³
Iy
Moment of inertia about axis YY
6.34
10⁶ mm⁴
Sy
Elastic section modulus about axis YY
83.4
10³ mm³
Ry
Radius of gyration about axis YY
30.9
mm
Zy
Plastic modulus about axis YY
131
10³ mm³
J
St-Venant torsional constant
209
10³ mm⁴
Cw
Warping constant
306
10⁹ mm⁶
SA
Surface area per metre
1.49
m²/m
Wn
Normalized unit warping function
16,700
mm²
Sw
Warping statical moment
6.85
10⁶ mm⁴
Qf
Statical moment at point in flange in line with web face