Structural Cross Sections

Appendix A

Cross-Sectional Properties of Some Common Shapes

Properties
A	$bh$	$b_{\mathrm{f}}{h}_{\mathrm{f}}+h_{\mathrm{w}}{b}_{\mathrm{w}}$	$2b_{\mathrm{f}}{h}_{\mathrm{f}}+h_{\mathrm{w}}{b}_{\mathrm{w}}$
${\overline{y}}_{\mathrm{t}}$	$\frac{h}{2}$	$\frac{b_{\mathrm{f}}\frac{{h_{\mathrm{f}}}^2}{2}+b_{\mathrm{w}}{h}_{\mathrm{w}}\left[\frac{h_{\mathrm{w}}}{2}+h_{\mathrm{f}}\right]}{\mathrm{Area}}$	$\frac{h}{2}$
${\overline{x}}_{\mathrm{R}}$	$\frac{b}{2}$	$\frac{b_{\mathrm{f}}}{2}$	$\frac{h_{\mathrm{f}}{b_{\mathrm{f}}}^2+b_{\mathrm{w}}{h}_{\mathrm{w}}\left(b_{\mathrm{f}}-\frac{b_{\mathrm{w}}}{2}\right)}{\mathrm{Area\; ...}}$