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<strong>HSS</strong> Beam Load Tables<br />
Square Structural Steel Tubing<br />
Total Allowable Uniform Load in Kips for Beams with Lateral Support<br />
Fy=46<br />
y<br />
x<br />
x<br />
y<br />
ERW<br />
Nominal Size<br />
16 X 16<br />
Nominal Size<br />
14 X 14<br />
Wall Thickness 5/8<br />
∆<br />
1/2<br />
∆<br />
3/8<br />
∆<br />
5/16<br />
Weight Per Foot 127.37 Inches 103.30 Inches 78.52 Inches 65.87<br />
Design Wall Thickness 0.581 0.465 0.349 * 0.291*<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
Wall Thickness<br />
Weight Per Foot<br />
Design Wall Thickness<br />
5/8 1/2 3/8 5/16<br />
∆<br />
∆<br />
110.36 89.68 Inches 68.31 Inches 57.36<br />
0.581 0.465 0.349 * 0.291*<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
Span in Feet<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
8<br />
9<br />
10<br />
11<br />
12<br />
13<br />
14<br />
15<br />
16<br />
17<br />
18<br />
19<br />
20<br />
21<br />
22<br />
23<br />
24<br />
25<br />
26<br />
27<br />
28<br />
29<br />
30<br />
31<br />
32<br />
33<br />
34<br />
35<br />
36<br />
37<br />
548 0.03 411 0.03 343 0.02<br />
684 0.05 519 0.04 372 0.04 289 0.04<br />
577 0.07 432 0.06 310 0.06 241 0.05<br />
494 0.10 371 0.09 265 0.08 207 0.07<br />
433 0.13 324 0.11 232 0.11 181 0.10<br />
385 0.16 288 0.14 206 0.13 161 0.12<br />
346 0.20 259 0.18 186 0.17 145 0.15<br />
315 0.24 236 0.22 169 0.20 131 0.18<br />
288 0.28 216 0.26 155 0.24 121 0.22<br />
266 0.33 200 0.30 143 0.28 111 0.26<br />
247 0.38 185 0.35 133 0.32 103 0.30<br />
231 0.44 173 0.40 124 0.37 96 0.34<br />
216 0.50 162 0.46 116 0.42 90 0.39<br />
204 0.57 153 0.52 109 0.48 85 0.44<br />
192 0.64 144 0.58 103 0.54 80 0.49<br />
182 0.71 137 0.64 98 0.60 76 0.55<br />
173 0.79 130 0.71 93 0.66 72 0.61<br />
165 0.87 124 0.79 88 0.73 69 0.67<br />
157 0.95 118 0.86 84 0.80 66 0.73<br />
150 1.04 113 0.94 81 0.87 63 0.80<br />
144 1.13 108 1.03 77 0.95 60 0.87<br />
138 1.23 104 1.12 74 1.03 58 0.95<br />
133 1.33 100 1.21 71 1.12 56 1.03<br />
128 1.43 96 1.30 69 1.20 54 1.11<br />
124 1.54 93 1.40 66 1.29 52 1.19<br />
119 1.65 89 1.50 64 1.39 50 1.28<br />
115 1.77 86 1.61 62 1.49 48 1.37<br />
112 1.89 84 1.71 60 1.59 47 1.46<br />
108 2.01 81 1.83 58 1.69 45 1.55<br />
105 2.14 79 1.94 56 1.80 44 1.65<br />
102 2.27 76 2.06 55 1.91 43 1.76<br />
99 2.40 – – – – – –<br />
90 2.19 74 2.19 53 2.02 41 1.86<br />
96 2.54 – – – – – –<br />
87 2.31 72 2.31 52 2.14 40 1.97<br />
94 2.69 – – – – – –<br />
85 2.44 70 2.44 50 2.26 39 2.08<br />
Span in Feet<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
8<br />
9<br />
10<br />
11<br />
12<br />
13<br />
14<br />
15<br />
16<br />
17<br />
18<br />
19<br />
20<br />
21<br />
22<br />
23<br />
24<br />
25<br />
26<br />
27<br />
28<br />
29<br />
30<br />
31<br />
32<br />
599 479 0.04 360 0.03 291 0.03<br />
518 429 0.06 297 0.05 233 0.05<br />
432 358 0.08 247 0.07 194 0.07<br />
370 306 0.11 212 0.10 166 0.09<br />
324 268 0.14 185 0.13 145 0.12<br />
288 238 0.18 165 0.16 129 0.15<br />
259 215 0.22 148 0.20 116 0.18<br />
236 195 0.27 135 0.24 106 0.22<br />
216 179 0.32 124 0.29 97 0.27<br />
199 165 0.38 114 0.34 89 0.31<br />
185 153 0.44 106 0.39 83 0.36<br />
173 143 0.50 99 0.45 78 0.41<br />
162 134 0.57 93 0.51 73 0.47<br />
152 126 0.65 87 0.58 68 0.53<br />
144 119 0.73 82 0.65 65 0.60<br />
136 113 0.81 78 0.72 61 0.66<br />
130 107 0.90 74 0.80 58 0.74<br />
123 102 0.99 71 0.88 55 0.81<br />
118 98 1.09 67 0.97 53 0.89<br />
113 93 1.19 64 1.05 51 0.97<br />
108 89 1.29 62 1.15 48 1.06<br />
104 86 1.40 59 1.25 47 1.15<br />
100 83 1.52 57 1.35 45 1.24<br />
96 79 1.64 55 1.45 43 1.34<br />
93 77 1.76 53 1.56 42 1.44<br />
89 74 1.89 51 1.68 40 1.55<br />
86 72 2.02 49 1.79 39 1.66<br />
84 69 2.16 – – – –<br />
76 63 1.96 48 1.92 38 1.77<br />
81 67 2.30 – – – –<br />
74 61 2.09 46 2.04 36 1.89<br />
WEB SHEAR AND PROPERTY VALUES<br />
V, kips<br />
342 274 205 171<br />
S x , In. 3 171 141 101 ** 78.6 **<br />
V, kips<br />
299 240 180 150<br />
S x , In. 3 128 106 80.6 ** 63.2 **<br />
Loads above heavy horizontal line based upon maximum shear stress, F v , equal to 0.40 F y .<br />
Loads in shaded area based upon maximum allowable bending stress, F b , equal to 0.60 F y .<br />
* Slender element section. Width-thickness ratio exceeds AISC “Specification” Section B5.1 limiting value of 238/ Fy.<br />
** Modified value of section modulus calculated in accordance with AISC “Specification” Appendix Section B5.2.b.<br />
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