STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE

Table 3.2 Dimensional properties of universal beam sections

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Designation

Serial

size

mm

914 X 419

914 X 305

838 X 292

762 X 267

686 X 254

610 X 305

610 X 229

533 X 210

Mass per

metre

kg

388

343

289

253

224

201

226

194

176

197

173

147

170

152

140

125

238

179

149

140

125

113

101

122

109

101

92

82

Depth

of

section

D

mm

920.5

911.4

926.6

918.5

910.3

903.0

850.9

840.7

834.9

769.6

762.0

753.9

692.9

687.6

683.5

677.9

633.0

617.5

609.6

617.0

611.9

607.3

602.2

544.6

539.5

536.7

533.1

528.3

Width

of

section

B

mm

420.5

418.5

307.8

305.5

304.1

303.4

293.8

292.4

291.6

268.0

266.7

265.3

255.8

254.5

253.7

253.0

311.5

307.0

304.8

230.1

229.0

228.2

227.6

211.9

210.7

210.1

209.3

208.7

Thickness

Web

t

mm

21.5

19.4

19.6

17.3

15.9

15.2

16.1

14.7

14.0

15.6

14.3

12.9

14.5

13.2

12.4

11.7

18.6

14.1

11.9

13.1

11.9

11.2

10.6

12.8

11.6

10.9

10.2

9.6

Flange

T

mm

36.6

32.0

32.0

27.9

23.9

20.2

26.8

21.7

18.8

25.4

21.6

17.5

23.7

21.0

19.0

16.2

31.4

23.6

19.7

22.1

19.6

17.3

14.8

21.3

18.8

17.4

15.6

13.2

Area

of

section

cm^2

494.5

437.5

368.8

322.8

285.3

256.4

288.7

247.2

224.1

250.8

220.5

188.1

216.6

193.8

178.6

159.6

303.8

227.9

190.1

178.4

159.6

144.5

129.2

155.8

138.6

129.3

117.8

104.4

Moment

Axis

x-x

cm^4

718742

625282

504594

436610

375924

325529

339747

279450

246029

239894

205177

168966

170147

150319

136276

118003

207571

151631

124660

111844

98579

87431

75720

76207

66739

61659

55353

47491

of inertia

Axis

v-y

cm^4

45407

39150

15610

13318

11223

9427

11353

9069

7792

8174

6846

5468

6621

5782

5179

4379

15838

11412

9300

4512

3933

3439

2912

3393

2937

2694

2392

2005

Radius of gyration

Axis

x-x

cm

38.1

37.8

37.0

36.8

36.3

35.6

34.3

33.6

33.1

30.9

30.5

30.0

28.0

27.8

27.6

27.2

26.1

25.8

25.6

25.0

24.9

24.6

24.2

22.1

21.9

21.8

21.7

21.3

Axis

y-y

cm

9.58

9.46

6.51

6.42

6.27

6.06

6.27

6.06

5.90

5.71

5.57

5.39

5.53

5.46

5.38

5.24

7.22

7.08

6.99

5.03

4.96

4.88

4.75

4.67

4.60

4.56

4.51

4.38

Elastic modulus

Axis

x-x

cm^3

15616

13722

10891

9507

8259

7210

7986

6648

5894

6234

5385

4483

4911

4372

3988

3481

6559

4911

4090

3626

3222

2879

2515

2799

2474

2298

2076

1798

Axis

y-y

cm^3

2160

1871

1014

871.9

738.1

621.4

772.9

620.4

534.4

610.0

513.4

412.3

517.7

454.5

408.2

346.1

1017

743.3

610.3

392.1

343.5

301.4

255.9

320.2

278.8

256.5

228.6

192.2

Plastic

Axis

x-x

cm^3

17657

15474

12583

10947

9522

8362

9157

7648

6809

7167

6197

5174

5624

4997

4560

3996

7456

5521

4572

4146

3677

3288

2882

3203

2824

2620

2366

2056

modulus

Axis

y-y

cm^3

3339

2890

1603

1372

1162

982.5

1211

974.4

841.5

958.7

807.3

649.0

810.3

710.0

637.8

542.0

1574

1144

936.8

612.5

535.7

470.2

400.0

500.6

435.1

400.0

356.2

300.1

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