1 - 38 DIMENSIONS AND PROPERTIES

tf Y k1 k
W SHAPES
Dimensions
d X X T

tw

Y k
bf

Web Flange Distance

Area Depth Thickness tw Width Thickness
Desig-
A d tw 2 bf tf T k k1
2
nation in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in.
W12×336* 98.8 16.82 167⁄8 1.775 13⁄4 7⁄
8 13.385 133⁄8 2.955 215⁄16 91⁄2 311⁄16 11⁄2
W16×305* 89.6 16.32 163⁄8 1.625 15⁄8 13⁄
16 13.235 131⁄4 2.705 211⁄16 91⁄2 37⁄16 17⁄16
W16×279* 81.9 15.85 157⁄8 1.530 11⁄2 3⁄
4 13.140 131⁄8 2.470 21⁄2 91⁄2 33⁄16 13⁄8
W16×252* 74.1 15.41 153⁄8 1.395 13⁄8 11⁄
16 13.005 13 2.250 21⁄4 91⁄2 215⁄16 15⁄16
W16×230* 67.7 15.05 15 1.285 15⁄16 11⁄
16 12.895 127⁄8 2.070 21⁄16 91⁄2 23⁄4 11⁄4
W16×210* 61.8 14.71 143⁄4 1.180 13⁄16 5⁄
8 12.790 123⁄4 1.900 17⁄8 91⁄2 25⁄8 11⁄4
W16×190 55.8 14.38 143⁄8 1.060 11⁄16 9⁄
16 12.670 125⁄8 1.735 13⁄4 91⁄2 27⁄16 13⁄16
W16×170 50.0 14.03 14 0.960 15⁄ 1⁄ 12.570 125⁄8 1.560 19⁄16 91⁄2 21⁄4 11⁄8
16 2
W16×152 44.7 13.71 133⁄4 0.870 7⁄
8
7⁄
16 12.480 121⁄2 1.400 13⁄8 91⁄2 21⁄8 11⁄16
W16×136 39.9 13.41 133⁄8 0.790 13⁄
16
7⁄
16 12.400 123⁄8 1.250 11⁄4 91⁄2 115⁄16 1
W16×120 35.3 13.12 131⁄8 0.710 11⁄
16
3⁄
8 12.320 123⁄8 1.105 11⁄8 91⁄2 113⁄16 1
W16×106 31.2 12.89 127⁄8 0.610 5⁄
8
5⁄
16 12.220 121⁄4 0.990 1 91⁄2 111⁄16 15⁄
16
W16×96 28.2 12.71 123⁄4 0.550 9⁄
16
5⁄
16 12.160 121⁄8 0.900 7⁄
8 91⁄2 15⁄8 7⁄
8
W16×87 25.6 12.53 121⁄2 0.515 1⁄
2
1⁄
4 12.125 121⁄8 0.810 13⁄16 91⁄2 11⁄2 7⁄
8
W16×79 23.2 12.38 123⁄8 0.470 1⁄
2
1⁄
4 12.080 121⁄8 0.735 3 ⁄4 91⁄2 17⁄16 7⁄
8
W16×72 21.1 12.25 121⁄4 0.430 7⁄
16
1⁄
4 12.040 12 0.670 11⁄16 91⁄2 13⁄8 7⁄
8
W16×65 19.1 12.12 121⁄8 0.390 3⁄
8
3⁄
16 12.000 12 0.605 5⁄
8 91⁄2 15⁄16 13⁄
16

W12×58 17.0 12.19 121⁄4 0.360 3⁄

8
3⁄
16 10.010 10 0.640 5⁄
8 91⁄2 13⁄8 13⁄
16
W16×53 15.6 12.06 12 0.345 3⁄ 3⁄ 9.995 10 0.575 9⁄ 91⁄2 11⁄4 13⁄
8 16 16 16

W12×50 14.7 12.19 121⁄4 0.370 3⁄

8
3⁄
16 8.080 81⁄8 0.640 5⁄
8 91⁄2 13⁄8 13⁄
16
W16×45 13.2 12.06 12 0.335 5⁄ 3⁄ 8.045 8 0.575 9⁄ 91⁄2 11⁄4 13⁄
16 16 16 16
W16×40 11.8 11.94 12 0.295 5⁄ 3⁄ 8.005 8 0.515 1⁄ 91⁄2 11⁄4 3⁄
16 16 2 4

W12×35 10.3 12.50 121⁄2 0.300 5⁄

16
3⁄
16 6.560 61⁄2 0.520 1⁄
2 101⁄2 1 9⁄
16
W16×30 8.79 12.34 123⁄8 0.260 1⁄
4
1⁄
8 6.520 61⁄2 0.440 7⁄
16 101⁄2 15⁄
16
1⁄
2
W16×26 7.65 12.22 121⁄4 0.230 1⁄
4
1⁄
8 6.490 61⁄2 0.380 3⁄
8 101⁄2 7⁄
8
1⁄
2

W12×22 6.48 12.31 121⁄4 0.260 1⁄

4
1⁄
8 4.030 4 0.425 7⁄
16 101⁄2 7⁄
8
1⁄
2
W16×19 5.57 12.16 121⁄8 0.235 1⁄
4
1⁄
8 4.005 4 0.350 3⁄
8 101⁄2 13⁄
16
1⁄
2
W16×16 4.71 11.99 12 0.220 1⁄ 1⁄ 3.990 4 0.265 1⁄ 101⁄2 3⁄ 1⁄
4 8 4 4 2
W16×14 4.16 11.91 117⁄8 0.200 3⁄
16
1⁄
8 3.970 4 0.225 1⁄
4 101⁄2 11⁄
16
1⁄
2

*Group 4 or Group 5 shape. See Notes in Table 1-2.

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STRUCTURAL SHAPES 1 - 39

W SHAPES tf Y k1 k

Properties
d X X T

tw

Y k
bf

Nom- Compact Plastic

inal Section Elastic Properties Modulus
Wt. Criteria Axis X-X Axis Y-Y
per
ft bf h Fy′′′ X1 X2 × 106 I S r I S r Zx Zy
lb 2tf tw ksi ksi (1/ksi) 2
in. 4
in. 3
in. in. 4
in. 3
in. in.3
in.3
336 2.3 5.5 — 12800 6.05 4060 483 6.41 1190 177 3.47 603 274
305 2.4 6.0 — 11800 8.17 3550 435 6.29 1050 159 3.42 537 244
279 2.7 6.3 — 11000 10.8 3110 393 6.16 937 143 3.38 481 220
252 2.9 7.0 — 10100 14.7 2720 353 6.06 828 127 3.34 428 196
230 3.1 7.6 — 9390 19.7 2420 321 5.97 742 115 3.31 386 177
210 3.4 8.2 — 8670 26.6 2140 292 5.89 664 104 3.28 348 159
190 3.7 9.2 — 7940 37.0 1890 263 5.82 589 93.0 3.25 311 143
170 4.0 10.1 — 7190 54.0 1650 235 5.74 517 82.3 3.22 275 126
152 4.5 11.2 — 6510 79.3 1430 209 5.66 454 72.8 3.19 243 111
136 5.0 12.3 — 5850 119 1240 186 5.58 398 64.2 3.16 214 98.0
120 5.6 13.7 — 5240 184 1070 163 5.51 345 56.0 3.13 186 85.4
106 6.2 15.9 — 4660 285 933 145 5.47 301 49.3 3.11 164 75.1
96 6.8 17.7 — 4250 405 833 131 5.44 270 44.4 3.09 147 67.5
87 7.5 18.9 — 3880 586 740 118 5.38 241 39.7 3.07 132 60.4
79 8.2 20.7 — 3530 839 662 107 5.34 216 35.8 3.05 119 54.3
72 9.0 22.6 — 3230 1180 597 97.4 5.31 195 32.4 3.04 108 49.2
65 9.9 24.9 — 2940 1720 533 87.9 5.28 174 29.1 3.02 96.8 44.1

58 7.8 27.0 — 3070 1470 475 78.0 5.28 107 21.4 2.51 86.4 32.5
53 8.7 28.1 — 2820 2100 425 70.6 5.23 95.8 19.2 2.48 77.9 29.1

50 6.3 26.2 — 3170 1410 394 64.7 5.18 56.3 13.9 1.96 72.4 21.4
45 7.0 29.0 — 2870 2070 350 58.1 5.15 50.0 12.4 1.94 64.7 19.0
40 7.8 32.9 59 2580 3110 310 51.9 5.13 44.1 11.0 1.93 57.5 16.8

35 6.3 36.2 49 2420 4340 285 45.6 5.25 24.5 7.47 1.54 51.2 11.5
30 7.4 41.8 37 2090 7950 238 38.6 5.21 20.3 6.24 1.52 43.1 9.56
26 8.5 47.2 29 1820 13900 204 33.4 5.17 17.3 5.34 1.51 37.2 8.17

22 4.7 41.8 37 2160 8640 156 25.4 4.91 4.66 2.31 0.847 29.3 3.66
19 5.7 46.2 30 1880 15600 130 21.3 4.82 3.76 1.88 0.822 24.7 2.98
16 7.5 49.4 26 1610 32000 103 17.1 4.67 2.82 1.41 0.773 20.1 2.26
14 8.8 54.3 22 1450 49300 88.6 14.9 4.62 2.36 1.19 0.753 17.4 1.90

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