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Depth

[in]

Flange Width

[in]

Flange Thickness

[in]

Web Thickness

[in]

Fillet Radius

[in]
21.8
12.4
1.04
0.65
0.5

Weight

[lb/ft]

Area

[in2]

St. Venant Torsional Constant

[in4]

Warping Constant

[in6]
132
38.8
11.3
36000

Moment of Inertia

[in4]

Elastic Section Modulus

[in3]

Plastic Section Modulus

[in3]

Radius of Gyration

[in]

X

3220
295
9.12
333

Y

333
53.5
2.93
82.3

Polar

3553

283


Member Capacities

Parameters

XYYXZ
Material:

A992

Fy50 Fu65

Effective Length (Lx)

ft

Effective Length (Ly)

ft

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Effective Length (Lz)

ft

Width-to-Thickness Ratio

Load Type

Flange

Web

Compression
nonslender
nonslender
Flexure (Major Axis)
compact
compact
Flexure (Minor Axis)
compact
Not Applicable

Width-to-Thickness (Axial Compression)

Case

Description of Element

Width-to-Thickness Ratio

Limiting Width-to-Thickness Ratio λr (nonslender/slender)

Examples

Unstiffened Elements
1
(1) Flanges of rolled I-shaped sections
(2) Plates projecting from rolled I-shaped sections
(3) Outstanding legs of pairs of angles connected width continuous contact
(4) Flanges of channels
(5) Flanges of tees
b/t

= 6.0

= 13.5

2
(1) Flanges of built-up I-shaped sections
(2) Plates or angles legs projecting from built-up I-shaped sections
b/t
3
(1) Legs of single angle
(2) Legs of double angles width separators
(3) All other unstiffened elements
b/t
4
Stems of tees
d/t
Stiffened Elements
5
Webs of doubly symmetric rolled and built-up I-shaped sections and channels
h/tw

= 33.5

= 18.1

6
Walls of rectangular HSS
b/t
7
Flange cover plates between lines of fasteners or welds
b/t
8
All other stiffened elements
b/t
9
Round HSS
D/t
Reference: ANSI/AISC 360-22. Table B4.1a Width-to-Thickness Ratios: Compression Elements Members Subjected to Axial Compression