W Shape Tables

The follow details are used for wide flange (W) shapes in standard database tables.

Figure 1. W Shape
Figure 2. T split from Wide Flange
Table 1. Wide flange shape default properties
Name Description Unit Column No.
D Depth in 3
BF Width of flanges in 4
TF Thickness of flanges in 5
TW Thickness of web in 6
AX Cross sectional area In^2 7
IZ Moment of inertia about 3-3 axis in^4 8
IY Moment of inertia about 2-2 axis in^4 9
IX Torsional moment of inertia in^4 10
ZZ Plastic modulus about 3-3 axis in^3 11
ZY Plastic modulus about 2-2 axis in^3 12
CT Top of flange to neutral axis for a T split from the wide flange in 13

Calculated Properties

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

Property
Formula
AX
AY
AZ
IX
IY
IZ
SY
SZ
PY
PZ

Spreadsheet Data Examples

Table 2. Wide Flange Section - English units
Name D B Tf Tw A I-33 I-22 I-11 Z-33 Z-22 Ct
(in) (in) (in) (in) (in^2) (in^4) (in^4) (in^4) (in^3) (in^3) (in)
W14X873 23.6 18.8 5.51 3.94 257 18200 6170 2270 2030 1020 3.89
Table 3. Wide Flange Section - Metric units
Name D B Tf Tw A I-33 I-22 I-11 Z-33 Z-22 Ct
(mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (cm^2) (cm^4) (cm^4) (cm^4) (cm^3) (cm^3) (cm)
IW350300X010 368 200 11 8 143 34942 8841 52 1958 725 4.1