AISC C-Shapes (American Standard Channel) - Section Properties

Section dimensions and properties for AISC C-Shapes (American Standard Channel).

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Designation	mass lb/ft	h in	b in	t_w in	t_f in	A in²	I_y in⁴	W_el,y in³	W_pl,y in³	i_y in	I_z in⁴	W_el,z in³	W_pl,z in³	i_z in	I_t in⁴	I_w in⁶
C15X50	50	15	3.72	0.716	0.65	14.7	404	53.8	68.5	5.24	11	3.77	8.14	0.865	2.65	492
C15X40	40	15	3.52	0.52	0.65	11.8	348	46.5	57.5	5.43	9.17	3.34	6.84	0.883	1.45	410
C15X33.9	33.9	15	3.4	0.4	0.65	10	315	42	50.8	5.61	8.07	3.09	6.19	0.901	1.01	358
C12X30	30	12	3.17	0.51	0.501	8.81	162	27	33.8	4.29	5.12	2.05	4.32	0.762	0.861	151
C12X25	25	12	3.05	0.387	0.501	7.34	144	24	29.4	4.43	4.45	1.87	3.82	0.779	0.538	130
C12X20.7	20.7	12	2.94	0.282	0.501	6.08	129	21.5	25.6	4.61	3.86	1.72	3.47	0.797	0.369	112
C10X30	30	10	3.03	0.673	0.436	8.81	103	20.7	26.7	3.43	3.93	1.65	3.78	0.668	1.22	79.5
C10X25	25	10	2.89	0.526	0.436	7.35	91.1	18.2	23.1	3.52	3.34	1.47	3.18	0.675	0.687	68.3
C10X20	20	10	2.74	0.379	0.436	5.87	78.9	15.8	19.4	3.67	2.8	1.31	2.7	0.69	0.368	56.9
C10X15.3	15.3	10	2.6	0.24	0.436	4.48	67.3	13.5	15.9	3.88	2.27	1.15	2.34	0.711	0.209	45.5
C9X20	20	9	2.65	0.448	0.413	5.87	60.9	13.5	16.9	3.22	2.41	1.17	2.46	0.64	0.427	39.4
C9X15	15	9	2.49	0.285	0.413	4.4	51	11.3	13.6	3.4	1.91	1.01	2.04	0.659	0.208	31
C9X13.4	13.4	9	2.43	0.233	0.413	3.94	47.8	10.6	12.6	3.48	1.75	0.954	1.94	0.666	0.168	28.2
C8X18.75	18.75	8	2.53	0.487	0.39	5.51	43.9	11	13.9	2.82	1.97	1.01	2.17	0.598	0.434	25.1
C8X13.75	13.75	8	2.34	0.303	0.39	4.03	36.1	9.02	11	2.99	1.52	0.848	1.73	0.613	0.186	19.2
C8X11.5	11.5	8	2.26	0.22	0.39	3.37	32.5	8.14	9.63	3.11	1.31	0.775	1.57	0.623	0.13	16.5
C7X14.75	14.75	7	2.3	0.419	0.366	4.33	27.2	7.78	9.75	2.51	1.37	0.772	1.63	0.561	0.267	13.1
C7X12.25	12.25	7	2.19	0.314	0.366	3.59	24.2	6.92	8.46	2.59	1.16	0.696	1.42	0.568	0.161	11.2
C7X9.8	9.8	7	2.09	0.21	0.366	2.87	21.2	6.07	7.19	2.72	0.957	0.617	1.26	0.578	0.0996	9.15
C6X13	13	6	2.16	0.437	0.343	3.82	17.3	5.78	7.29	2.13	1.05	0.638	1.35	0.524	0.237	7.19
C6X10.5	10.5	6	2.03	0.314	0.343	3.07	15.1	5.04	6.18	2.22	0.86	0.561	1.14	0.529	0.128	5.91
C6X8.2	8.2	6	1.92	0.2	0.343	2.39	13.1	4.35	5.16	2.34	0.687	0.488	0.987	0.536	0.0736	4.7
C5X9	9	5	1.89	0.325	0.32	2.64	8.89	3.56	4.39	1.84	0.624	0.444	0.913	0.486	0.109	2.93
C5X6.7	6.7	5	1.75	0.19	0.32	1.97	7.48	2.99	3.55	1.95	0.47	0.372	0.757	0.489	0.0549	2.22
C4X7.25	7.25	4	1.72	0.321	0.296	2.13	4.58	2.29	2.84	1.47	0.425	0.337	0.695	0.447	0.0817	1.24
C4X6.25	6.25	4	1.65	0.247	0.296	1.84	4.19	2.1	2.55	1.51	0.374	0.312	0.623	0.451	0.0549	1.07
C4X5.4	5.4	4	1.58	0.184	0.296	1.58	3.85	1.92	2.29	1.56	0.312	0.277	0.565	0.444	0.0399	0.921
C4X4.5	4.5	4	1.52	0.125	0.296	1.34	3.53	1.77	2.05	1.62	0.265	0.253	0.495	0.445	0.0306	0.778
C3X6	6	3	1.6	0.356	0.273	1.76	2.07	1.38	1.74	1.09	0.3	0.263	0.543	0.413	0.0725	0.462
C3X5	5	3	1.5	0.258	0.273	1.47	1.85	1.23	1.52	1.12	0.241	0.228	0.464	0.405	0.0425	0.379
C3X4.1	4.1	3	1.41	0.17	0.273	1.2	1.65	1.1	1.32	1.18	0.191	0.196	0.399	0.398	0.0269	0.307
C3X3.5	3.5	3	1.37	0.132	0.273	1.09	1.57	1.04	1.24	1.2	0.169	0.182	0.364	0.394	0.0226	0.276

32 sections · source: AISC Shapes Database v16.0

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