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TORSION PROPERTIES
HP shapes

Normalized Warping Statical

Torsional Warping Warping Statical Moment
Constant Constant √

EC
w
GJ
Constant Moment
J Cw Wno Sw Qf Qw
Designation in.4 in.6 in. in.2 in.4 in.3 in.3
HP14×117 8.02 19900 80.2 49.9 149 38.5 97.2
HP ×102 5.40 16800 89.8 49.2 128 33.5 84.3
HP ×89 3.60 14200 101 48.5 110 29.1 72.9
HP ×73 2.01 11200 120 47.8 88.0 23.8 59.2

HP13×100 6.25 11300 68.4 40.9 103 29.9 76.3

HP ×87 4.12 9430 77.0 40.2 87.7 25.8 65.6
HP ×73 2.54 7680 88.5 39.6 72.8 21.8 55.2
HP ×60 1.39 6020 106 39.0 57.8 17.7 44.5

HP12×84 4.24 7160 66.1 35.6 75.0 23.5 59.8

HP ×74 2.98 6170 73.2 35.2 65.5 20.8 52.7
HP ×63 1.83 4990 84.0 34.6 54.1 17.5 44.2
HP ×53 1.12 4090 97.2 34.2 44.7 14.7 37.0

HP10×57 1.97 2240 54.3 24.1 34.8 13.1 33.2

HP ×42 0.81 1540 70.2 23.4 24.7 9.64 24.2

HP8×36 0.77 578 44.1 15.4 14.0 6.62 16.8

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FLEXURAL-TORSIONAL PROPERTIES
Channels

Polar
Torsional Warping Radius of Flexural
Constant Constant _
Gyration Constant
J Cw ro* H*
Designation in.4 in.6 in. No Units
C15×50 2.67 492 5.49 .937
C15×40 1.46 411 5.72 .927
C15×33.9 1.02 358 5.94 .920

C12×30 0.87 151 4.55 .919

C15×25 0.54 130 4.72 .909
C15×20.7 0.37 112 4.93 .899

C10×30 1.23 79.3 3.63 .921

C1××25 0.69 68.4 3.75 .912
C5××20 0.37 56.9 3.93 .900
C10×15.3 0.21 45.6 4.19 .883

C9×20 0.43 39.4 3.46 .899

C9×15 0.21 31.0 3.69 .882
C9×13.4 0.17 28.2 3.79 .874

C8×18.75 0.44 25.1 3.06 .894

C9×13.75 0.19 19.2 3.27 .874
C9×11.5 0.13 16.5 3.42 .862

C7×12.25 0.16 11.2 2.87 .862

C9×9.8 0.10 9.18 3.02 .846

C6×13 0.24 7.22 2.37 .858

C9×10.5 0.13 5.95 2.49 .843
C9×8.2 0.08 4.72 2.65 .824

C5×9 0.11 2.93 2.10 .814

C9×6.7 0.06 2.22 2.26 .790

C4×7.25 0.08 1.24 1.75 .768

C9×5.4 0.04 0.92 1.89 .741

C3×6 0.07 0.46 1.39 .689

C9×5 0.04 0.38 1.45 .674
C9×4.1 0.03 0.31 1.53 .656

*See LRFD Specification Appendix E3.

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FLEXURAL-TORSIONAL PROPERTIES
Channels

Polar
Torsional Warping Radius of Flexural
Constant Constant _
Gyration Constant
J Cw ro* H*
Designation in.4 in.6 in. No Units
MC18×58 2.81 1070 6.56 .944
MC10×51.9 2.03 986 6.70 .939
MC10×45.8 1.45 897 6.88 .933
MC10×42.7 1.23 852 6.97 .930

MC13×50 2.98 558 5.07 .875

MC10×40 1.57 463 5.33 .860
MC10×35 1.14 413 5.50 .849
MC10×31.8 0.94 380 5.64 .842

MC12×50 3.24 411 4.77 .859

MC10×45 2.35 374 4.87 .851
MC10×40 1.70 336 5.01 .842
MC10×35 1.25 297 5.18 .832
MC10×31 1.01 268 5.34 .821
MC10×10.6 0.06 11.7 4.27 .983

MC10×41.1 2.27 270 4.26 .790

MC10×33.6 1.21 224 4.47 .771
MC10×28.5 0.79 194 4.68 .752

MC10×25 0.64 125 4.46 .802

MC10×22 0.51 111 4.63 .790

MC10×8.4 0.04 7.01 3.68 .972

MC9×25.4 0.69 104 4.08 .770

MC9×23.9 0.60 98.2 4.15 .763

MC8×22.8 0.57 75.3 3.85 .716

MC9×21.4 0.50 70.9 3.91 .709
MC9×20 0.44 47.9 3.59 .780
MC9×18.7 0.38 45.1 3.65 .773
MC9×8.5 0.06 8.22 3.24 .910

MC7×22.7 0.63 58.5 3.53 .662

MC9×19.1 0.41 49.4 3.71 .638

MC6×18 0.38 34.6 3.46 .562

MC6×16.3 0.34 22.1 3.11 .643

MC9×15.1 0.29 20.6 3.18 .634

MC6×12 0.15 11.2 2.80 .740

*See LRFD Specification Appendix E3.

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