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W530x72 W21x48
W shapes. CISC SST 12.1. Not produced in Canada. Normal use: Beam.
W530x72 to scale.
Property
Description
Value
Unit
Mass
Mass per length
72
kg/m
D
Depth of section or height of vertical leg
524
mm
B
Width of flange or horizontal leg
207
mm
T
Thickness of flange
10.9
mm
W
Thickness of web
9
mm
BT
Width-to-thickness ratio of flange
9.5
HW
Clear depth-to-thickness ratio of web
55.8
K
Distance between outer face of flange and web-toe of fillet
31
mm
K1
Distance between middle line of web and flange-toe of fillet
24
mm
Dnom
Nominal depth of section
530
mm
A
Cross-sectional area
9,170
mm²
Ix
Moment of inertia about axis XX
401
10⁶ mm⁴
Sx
Elastic section modulus about axis XX
1,530
10³ mm³
Rx
Radius of gyration about axis XX
209
mm
Zx
Plastic modulus about axis XX
1,760
10³ mm³
Iy
Moment of inertia about axis YY
16.2
10⁶ mm⁴
Sy
Elastic section modulus about axis YY
156
10³ mm³
Ry
Radius of gyration about axis YY
42
mm
Zy
Plastic modulus about axis YY
245
10³ mm³
J
St-Venant torsional constant
338
10³ mm⁴
Cw
Warping constant
1,060
10⁹ mm⁶
SA
Surface area per metre
1.86
m²/m
Wn
Normalized unit warping function
26,600
mm²
Sw
Warping statical moment
15
10⁶ mm⁴
Qf
Statical moment at point in flange in line with web face
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