The follow details are used for HSS rectangle shapes in standard database
tables.
Note: The required first two columns for all standard databases are
RecNo and
Name.
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 |