Dimensions and section properties for Pipe6XS

Structural sectional properties for a Pipe6XS standard steel section

steel section diagram

US Customary Units

DescriptionSymbolValue
Shape Category / DesignationTypePIPE
Section NameNamePipe6XS
Cross Sectional AreaA7.83 in2
Section Depthd6.63 in
Flange thicknesstf0.432 in
Web thicknesstw0.432 in
Radius of Gyration about X-Xrx2.2 in
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Yry2.2 in
Moment of Inertia about X-XIx38.3 in4
Moment of Intertia about Y-YIy38.3 in4
Elastic Section Modulus about X-XSx11.6 in3
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-YSy11.6 in3
Plastic Section Modulus about X-XZx15.6 in3
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-YZy15.6 in3
St. Venant Torsional ConstantJ76.6 in4
Self Weight of sectionWeight28.6 lb/ft

Metric Units

DescriptionSymbolValue
Shape Category / DesignationTypePIPE
Section NameNamePipe6XS
Cross Sectional AreaA5052 mm2
Section Depthd168 mm
Flange thicknesstf11 mm
Web thicknesstw11 mm
Radius of Gyration about X-Xrx56 mm
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Yry56 mm
Moment of Inertia about X-XIx16000000 mm4
Moment of Intertia about Y-YIy16000000 mm4
Elastic Section Modulus about X-XSx190000 mm3
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-YSy190000 mm3
Plastic Section Modulus about X-XZx256000 mm3
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-YZy256000 mm3
St. Venant Torsional ConstantJ31883000 mm4
Self Weight of sectionWeight43 kg/m

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

A Pipe6XS steel section is a standard North American steel section in the PIPE - STD Pipes category. The height and width of the section are 6.63 in (168 mm) and 6.63 in (168 mm) respectively. It weighs 28.6 lb/ft (43 kg/m) and has a cross sectional area of 7.83 in2 (5052 mm2).

The section has a tensile yield capacity of:

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The section has a flexural plastic moment capacity of:

kip-ft

The section has a flexural elastic moment capacity of:

kip-ft