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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=50<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 />
10 X 10<br />
5/8<br />
76.33<br />
1/2<br />
62.46<br />
3/8<br />
47.90<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
5/16<br />
40.35<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
1/4<br />
32.63<br />
∆<br />
Inches<br />
3/16<br />
24.73<br />
0.581 0.465 0.349 0.291 0.233 * 0.174 *<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 />
16<br />
17<br />
18<br />
19<br />
20<br />
21<br />
465 0.01 233 0.01 186 0.01 139 0.01<br />
446 372 279 0.03 230 0.03 176 0.03 118 0.02<br />
334 282 222 0.05 173 0.05 132 0.05 89 0.04<br />
268 225 178 0.09 138 0.08 106 0.07 71 0.06<br />
223 188 148 0.12 115 0.11 88 0.10 59 0.09<br />
191 161 127 0.17 99 0.15 75 0.14 51 0.12<br />
167 141 111 0.22 86 0.20 66 0.19 44 0.16<br />
149 125 99 0.28 77 0.25 59 0.24 39 0.21<br />
134 113 89 0.34 69 0.31 53 0.29 35 0.25<br />
122 102 81 0.41 63 0.38 48 0.35 32 0.31<br />
111 94 74 0.49 58 0.45 44 0.42 30 0.37<br />
103 87 68 0.58 53 0.52 41 0.49 27 0.43<br />
96 80 63 0.67 49 0.61 38 0.57 25 0.50<br />
89 75 59 0.77 46 0.70 35 0.65 24 0.57<br />
84 70 56 0.87 43 0.79 33 0.74 22 0.65<br />
79 66 52 0.99 41 0.90 31 0.84 21 0.73<br />
74 63 49 1.11 38 1.01 29 0.94 20 0.82<br />
70 59 47 1.23 36 1.12 28 1.05 19 0.92<br />
67 56 44 1.37 35 1.24 26 1.16 18 1.02<br />
64 54 42 1.51 – – – – – –<br />
58 49 38 1.37 33 1.37 25 1.28 17 1.12<br />
WEB SHEAR AND PROPERTY VALUES<br />
V, kips<br />
232 186 140 116 93 70<br />
S x , In. 3 60.8 51.2 40.4 34.5 26.4 ** 17.7 **<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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