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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 />
Wall Thickness<br />
Weight Per Foot<br />
Design Wall Thickness<br />
12 X 12<br />
5/8<br />
93.34<br />
1/2<br />
76.07<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
3/8<br />
58.10<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
5/16<br />
48.86<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
1/4<br />
39.43<br />
0.581 0.465 0.349 0.291 * 0.233 *<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 />
462 386 0.04 274 0.04 225 0.04 167 0.03<br />
370 308 0.07 219 0.06 180 0.06 134 0.05<br />
308 257 0.09 182 0.09 150 0.08 111 0.08<br />
264 220 0.13 156 0.12 129 0.11 95 0.10<br />
231 193 0.17 137 0.15 113 0.15 83 0.13<br />
205 171 0.21 122 0.19 100 0.19 74 0.17<br />
185 154 0.26 109 0.24 90 0.23 67 0.21<br />
168 140 0.32 100 0.29 82 0.28 61 0.25<br />
154 129 0.38 91 0.34 75 0.33 56 0.30<br />
142 119 0.44 84 0.40 69 0.39 51 0.35<br />
132 110 0.51 78 0.47 64 0.45 48 0.41<br />
123 103 0.59 73 0.54 60 0.52 45 0.47<br />
115 96 0.67 68 0.61 56 0.59 42 0.53<br />
109 91 0.76 64 0.69 53 0.67 39 0.60<br />
103 86 0.85 61 0.77 50 0.75 37 0.68<br />
97 81 0.94 58 0.86 47 0.83 35 0.75<br />
92 77 1.05 55 0.95 45 0.92 33 0.84<br />
88 73 1.15 52 1.05 43 1.01 32 0.92<br />
84 70 1.27 50 1.15 41 1.11 30 1.01<br />
80 67 1.38 48 1.26 39 1.22 29 1.11<br />
77 64 1.51 46 1.37 38 1.33 28 1.20<br />
74 62 1.64 44 1.49 36 1.44 27 1.31<br />
71 59 1.77 42 1.61 35 1.56 26 1.41<br />
68 57 1.91 – – – – – –<br />
62 52 1.73 41 1.73 33 1.68 25 1.52<br />
66 55 2.05 – – – – – –<br />
60 50 1.87 41 1.87 32 1.80 24 1.64<br />
WEB SHEAR AND PROPERTY VALUES<br />
V, kips<br />
257 205 154 129 103<br />
S x , In. 3 91.3 76.2 59.5 49.0 ** 36.3 **<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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