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W460x82 W18x55
W shapes. CISC SST 12.1. Produced in Canada. Normal use: Beam.
W460x82 to scale.
Property
Description
Value
Unit
Mass
Mass per length
82
kg/m
D
Depth of section or height of vertical leg
460
mm
B
Width of flange or horizontal leg
191
mm
T
Thickness of flange
16
mm
W
Thickness of web
9.9
mm
BT
Width-to-thickness ratio of flange
5.97
HW
Clear depth-to-thickness ratio of web
43.23
K
Distance between outer face of flange and web-toe of fillet
38
mm
K1
Distance between middle line of web and flange-toe of fillet
25
mm
Dnom
Nominal depth of section
460
mm
A
Cross-sectional area
10,400
mm²
Ix
Moment of inertia about axis XX
370
10⁶ mm⁴
Sx
Elastic section modulus about axis XX
1,610
10³ mm³
Rx
Radius of gyration about axis XX
188
mm
Zx
Plastic modulus about axis XX
1,830
10³ mm³
Iy
Moment of inertia about axis YY
18.6
10⁶ mm⁴
Sy
Elastic section modulus about axis YY
195
10³ mm³
Ry
Radius of gyration about axis YY
42.2
mm
Zy
Plastic modulus about axis YY
303
10³ mm³
J
St-Venant torsional constant
690
10³ mm⁴
Cw
Warping constant
918
10⁹ mm⁶
SA
Surface area per metre
1.66
m²/m
Wn
Normalized unit warping function
21,200
mm²
Sw
Warping statical moment
16.2
10⁶ mm⁴
Qf
Statical moment at point in flange in line with web face
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