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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 />
6 X 6<br />
5/8<br />
42.30<br />
1/2<br />
35.24<br />
3/8<br />
27.48<br />
5/16<br />
23.34<br />
1/4<br />
19.02<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
3/16<br />
14.53<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
1/8<br />
9.86<br />
0.581 0.465 0.349 0.291 0.233 0.174 0.116 *<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
Span in Feet<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
8<br />
9<br />
10<br />
11<br />
12<br />
13<br />
14<br />
186 163 133 115 97 0.02 68 0.02 41 0.02<br />
124 109 88 77 64 0.05 46 0.04 28 0.04<br />
93 81 66 58 48 0.08 34 0.08 21 0.07<br />
74 65 53 46 39 0.13 27 0.12 17 0.10<br />
62 54 44 38 32 0.19 23 0.17 14 0.15<br />
53 47 38 33 28 0.26 20 0.23 12 0.20<br />
47 41 33 29 24 0.34 17 0.30 10 0.27<br />
41 36 29 26 21 0.42 15 0.39 9.2 0.34<br />
37 33 27 23 19 0.52 14 0.48 8.3 0.42<br />
34 30 24 21 18 0.63 12 0.58 7.5 0.50<br />
31 27 22 19 16 0.75 11 0.69 6.9 0.60<br />
29 25 20 18 15 0.88 11 0.80 6.4 0.70<br />
27 23 19 16 14 1.03 – – – –<br />
24 21 17 15 13 0.93 9.8 0.93 5.9 0.81<br />
WEB SHEAR AND PROPERTY VALUES<br />
V, kips<br />
128 103 77 64 51 38 26<br />
S x , In. 3 18.4 16.1 13.1 11.4 9.54 7.42 4.51 **<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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