HSS Rectangle Shape Tables

The follow details are used for HSS rectangle shapes in standard database tables.

Figure 1. HSS rectangle Shape
Table 1. HSS rectangle shape default properties
Name Description Unit Column No.
D Depth in 3
B Width of flanges in 4
T Thickness of flanges in 5
AX Cross sectional area in^2 6
IZ Moment of inertia about 3-3 axis in^4 7
IY Moment of inertia about 2-2 axis in^4 8
IX Torsional moment of inertia in^4 9
ZZ Plastic modulus about 3-3 axis in^3 10
ZY Plastic modulus about 2-2 axis in^3 11
C Torsional constant in^3 12

Calculated Properties

The following section properties are calculated as indicated when they are not present for the profile.

Property
Formula
AX
AY
AZ
when D ≠ B (rectangular HSS)

when D = B (square HSS)

IX
IY
IZ
SY
SZ
PY
PZ

Spreadsheet Data Examples

Table 2. HSS Rectangular Section - English units
Name D B T A I-33 I-22 I-11 Z-33 Z-22 C
(in) (in) (in) (in^2) (in^4) (in^4) (in^4) (in^3) (in^3) (in^3)
HSS24X12X3/4 24 12 0.698 47.1 3440 1170 2850 359 221 221
Table 3. HSS Rectangular Section - Metric units
Name D B T A I-33 I-22 I-11 Z-33 Z-22
(mm) (mm) (mm) (cm^2) (cm^4) (cm^4) (cm^4) (cm^3) (cm^3)
TUB25252.6 25 25 2.6 2.16 1.72 1.72 3.04 1.76 1.76