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<strong>HSS</strong> Beam Load Tables<br />
Rectangular Structural Steel Tubing<br />
Total Allowable Uniform Load in Kips for Beams with Lateral Support<br />
Fy=50<br />
y<br />
x<br />
y<br />
ERW<br />
x<br />
Nominal Size<br />
Wall Thickness<br />
Weight Per Foot<br />
Design Wall Thickness<br />
7 X 5<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 />
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 />
15<br />
218 190 155 135 112 88 0.02 52 0.02<br />
145 127 103 90 75 58 0.04 35 0.04<br />
109 95 78 68 56 44 0.08 26 0.07<br />
87 76 62 54 45 35 0.12 21 0.10<br />
73 63 52 45 37 29 0.18 17 0.15<br />
62 54 44 39 32 25 0.24 15 0.20<br />
54 48 39 34 28 22 0.31 13 0.27<br />
48 42 34 30 25 19 0.40 12 0.34<br />
44 38 31 27 22 18 0.49 10 0.42<br />
40 35 28 25 20 16 0.59 – –<br />
36 31 26 22 19 14 0.54 9.4 0.50<br />
36 32 26 23 19 15 0.70 – –<br />
33 29 24 21 17 13 0.64 8.7 0.60<br />
34 29 24 21 17 13 0.82 – –<br />
30 27 22 19 16 12 0.75 8.0 0.71<br />
31 27 22 19 16 13 0.96 – –<br />
28 25 20 18 15 11 0.87 7.4 0.82<br />
29 25 21 18 15 12 1.10 – –<br />
26 23 19 16 14 11 1.00 6.9 0.94<br />
WEB SHEAR AND PROPERTY VALUES<br />
V, kips<br />
163 130 98 81 65 49 32<br />
S x , In. 3 19.8 17.3 14.1 12.3 10.2 7.96 5.19 **<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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