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<section version="3.1" id="w18x50" category="W">
  <designation>W18x50</designation>
  <name>W18x50 Wide-flange shape</name>
  <altDesignation>W460x74</altDesignation>
  <shape>I</shape>
  <productStandard ref="ASTM-A6"/>
  <nominalMass unit="kg/m">74.408</nominalMass>
  <dimensions>
    <dim key="d" unit="mm" label="Depth" status="UNVERIFIED">457.2</dim>
    <dim key="bf" unit="mm" label="Flange width" status="UNVERIFIED">190.5</dim>
    <dim key="tf" unit="mm" label="Flange thickness" status="UNVERIFIED">14.478</dim>
    <dim key="tw" unit="mm" label="Web thickness" status="UNVERIFIED">9.017</dim>
    <dim key="r1" unit="mm" label="Root radius" status="UNVERIFIED">10.211</dim>
  </dimensions>
  <properties>
    <prop key="A" unit="mm2" label="Gross area" status="CALCULATED">9467</prop>
    <prop key="mass" unit="kg/m" label="Mass per metre" status="CALCULATED">74.3185</prop>
    <prop key="Ix" unit="mm4" label="Second moment of area Ix" status="CALCULATED">333430958</prop>
    <prop key="Zx" unit="mm3" label="Elastic section modulus Zx (min)" status="CALCULATED">1458578</prop>
    <prop key="Sx" unit="mm3" label="Plastic section modulus Sx" status="CALCULATED">1653475</prop>
    <prop key="rx" unit="mm" label="Radius of gyration rx" status="CALCULATED">187.6676</prop>
    <prop key="Iy" unit="mm4" label="Second moment of area Iy" status="CALCULATED">16712410</prop>
    <prop key="Zy" unit="mm3" label="Elastic section modulus Zy (min)" status="CALCULATED">175458</prop>
    <prop key="Sy" unit="mm3" label="Plastic section modulus Sy" status="CALCULATED">272019</prop>
    <prop key="ry" unit="mm" label="Radius of gyration ry" status="CALCULATED">42.0151</prop>
    <prop key="J" unit="mm4" label="Torsion constant J" status="CALCULATED" note="Approximate thin-walled value, fillets neglected">490070</prop>
    <prop key="Iw" unit="mm6" label="Warping constant Iw" status="CALCULATED" note="Iy·(d−tf)²/4">818919666682</prop>
    <prop key="extArea" unit="m2/m" label="External surface area" status="CALCULATED">1.6408</prop>
  </properties>
  <source>
    <publisher>Pending verification – nominal dimensions entered by the application developer</publisher>
    <document>ASTM A6/A6M and AISC Shapes Database (W-shapes)</document>
    <edition/>
    <publicationYear/>
    <pageReference/>
    <lastUpdated>2026-10-12</lastUpdated>
    <verificationStatus>UNVERIFIED</verificationStatus>
    <notes>Dimensions converted from the inch values of the AISC shapes database (d, bf, tw, tf, kdes; root radius = kdes − tf). Nominal weight 50 lb/ft. Verify against ASTM A6/A6M and the AISC Steel Construction Manual before design use.</notes>
  </source>
  <tags/>
</section>
