Table 2.2.2 Torsion Properties -- Steel Sections 1953-1970
Torsional Designation Constant J in.4
Normalized Warping Warping Constant (ECw/GJ)1/2= Constant Cw a Wno in.6 in. in.2
Warping Statical Moment Sw in.4
Statical Moment Qf in.3
Statical Moment Qw in.3
W33x240 W33x220 W33x200
36.60 28.20 21.10
240000 215000 190000
130 141 153
127 126 125
707 637 568
169 153 138
454 414 373
W30x210 W30x190 W30x172
28.50 21.20 15.70
160000 141000 124000
121 131 143
110 109 108
545 485 431
137 123 110
363 326 293
W27x177 W27x160 W27x145
20.10 14.90 11.20
94800 83700 74300
111 121 131
92.0 91.2 90.4
386 344 308
104 93.4 84.4
275 247 223
W24x160 W24x145 W24x130 W24x120 W24x110 W24x100 W24x61
16.5 12.2 8.67 8.27 6.45 4.87 1.66
73700 64900 56200 37500 33800 30100 4580
108 117 130 108 116 127 84.5
83.1 82.4 81.7 70.7 70.2 69.7 40.6
332 295 257 199 181 162 42.1
89.9 80.4 70.6 62.7 57.4 51.9 22.6
230 206 183 166 152 137 74.6
21WF55
1.26
4523
96.5
41.6
44.6
20.7
61.8
W18x114 W18x105 W18x96 W18x85 W18x77 W18x70 W18x64 W18x45
9.13 7.15 5.54 5.50 4.16 3.13 2.41 0.889
21000 18900 16900 7960 7070 6250 5600 2620
77.2 82.7 88.9 61.2 66.3 71.9 77.6 87.4
51.7 51.3 50.9 38.5 38.1 37.7 37.4 32.5
152 138 124 77.4 69.5 62.0 56.0 30.3
48.7 44.6 40.5 33.0 29.9 26.9 24.5 15.5
123 112 102 88.0 79.4 71.6 65.1 44.3
W16x96 W16x88 W16x78 W16x71 W16x64 W16x58
6.16 4.72 4.81 3.65 2.65 1.98
13400 11900 5520 4890 4280 3780
75.1 80.8 54.5 58.9 64.7 70.3
44.5 44.2 33.2 32.8 32.5 32.2
112 101 62.3 55.7 49.4 43.9
37.2 33.6 27.2 24.6 22.0 19.8
92.1 83.6 72.1 65.1 58.2 52.3
W14x314 W14x287 W14x264 W14x246 W14x237
140 108 85.3 69.7 62.6
90600 79400 70600 63900 60700
40.9 43.6 46.3 48.7 50.1
60.5 59.3 58.3 57.5 57.2
561 501 453 416 397
126.1 114.1 104.6 97.0 93.1
304 275 250 231 222
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