Dimensions and section properties for Pipe12XS

Structural sectional properties for a Pipe12XS standard steel section

steel section diagram

US Customary Units

DescriptionSymbolValue
Shape Category / DesignationTypePIPE
Section NameNamePipe12XS
Cross Sectional AreaA17.5 in2
Section Depthd12.8 in
Flange thicknesstf0.5 in
Web thicknesstw0.5 in
Radius of Gyration about X-Xrx4.35 in
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Yry4.35 in
Moment of Inertia about X-XIx339 in4
Moment of Intertia about Y-YIy339 in4
Elastic Section Modulus about X-XSx53.2 in3
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-YSy53.2 in3
Plastic Section Modulus about X-XZx70.2 in3
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-YZy70.2 in3
St. Venant Torsional ConstantJ678 in4
Self Weight of sectionWeight65.5 lb/ft

Metric Units

DescriptionSymbolValue
Shape Category / DesignationTypePIPE
Section NameNamePipe12XS
Cross Sectional AreaA11290 mm2
Section Depthd325 mm
Flange thicknesstf12.7 mm
Web thicknesstw12.7 mm
Radius of Gyration about X-Xrx110 mm
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Yry110 mm
Moment of Inertia about X-XIx141000000 mm4
Moment of Intertia about Y-YIy141000000 mm4
Elastic Section Modulus about X-XSx872000 mm3
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-YSy872000 mm3
Plastic Section Modulus about X-XZx1150000 mm3
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-YZy1150000 mm3
St. Venant Torsional ConstantJ282205000 mm4
Self Weight of sectionWeight97 kg/m

Note: Metric units have been converted from tabulated imperial values and rounded to a reasonable number of significant figures.

A Pipe12XS steel section is a standard North American steel section in the PIPE - STD Pipes category. The height and width of the section are 12.8 in (325 mm) and 12.8 in (325 mm) respectively. It weighs 65.5 lb/ft (97 kg/m) and has a cross sectional area of 17.5 in2 (11290 mm2).

The section has a tensile yield capacity of:

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The section has a flexural plastic moment capacity of:

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The section has a flexural elastic moment capacity of:

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