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W300SL - 12 Gauge Channel

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13
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1 ⁄8" x 1 ⁄8" (41mm x 35mm) with ⁄32" x 3" Long Slots on 4" centers.

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1 ⁄8" 41mm
7 ⁄8" 22mm
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3 ⁄8" mm
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X 1 ⁄8" X 35mm
W300SL Section Properties
0.58" 15mm
Y Y
Area of
Wt.. Section X-X Axis Y-Y Axis
Lbs./Ft. in. 2
(Kg/M) lx in. 4 Sx in. 3 rx. in. ly in. 4 Sy in. 3 ry in.
(cm ) (cm ) (cm ) (cm) (m ) (cm ) (cm)
2
3
4
3
4
1 .73 0 .508 0 .123 0 .158 0 .491 0 .208 0 .256 0 .64
(2.57) (3.28) (5.12) (2.59) (1.25) (8.66) (4.20) (1.63)
W300SL - Allowable Beam Loads
Max. Defl. Uniform Load at Deflection Max. Defl. Uniform Load at Deflection
Span Uniform at Span Span Span Lateral Span Uniform at Span Span Span Lateral
Load Load /180 /240 /360 Bracing Load Load /180 /240 /360 Bracing
In Lbs In Lbs Lbs Lbs Reduction mm kN mm kN kN kN Reduction
12 2,385 0 .02 2,385 2,385 2,385 1 .00 300 10.8 0.40 10.8 10.8 10.8 1.00
24 1,188 0 .07 1,188 1,188 1,188 1 .00 600 5.4 1.63 5.4 5.4 5.4 1.00
36 792 0 .15 792 792 540 0 .96 900 3.6 3.66 3.6 3.6 2.5 0.96
48 594 0 .26 594 450 306 0 .91 1,200 2.7 6.46 2.7 2.1 1.4 0.91
60 477 0 .41 387 288 189 0 .87 1,500 2.2 10.16 1.8 1.3 0.9 0.87
72 396 0 .59 270 198 135 0 .84 1,800 1.8 14.63 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.84
84 342 0 .81 198 144 99 0 .81 2,100 1.5 19.62 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.81
96 297 1 .05 153 117 72 0 .78 2,400 1.4 26.21 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.79
108 261 1 .31 117 90 63 0 .76 2,700 1.2 32.92 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.76
120 234 1 .62 99 72 45 0 .74 3,000 1.1 40.65 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.74

W300SL - Allowable Column Loads
Max. Max. Column Load Applied at C.G. Max. Max. Column Load Applied at C.G.
Unbraced Slot Face Unbraced Slot Face
Height K = 0.65 K = 0.80 K = 1.0 K = 1.2 Height K = 0.65 K = 0.80 K = 1.0 K = 1.2
Load Load
In Lbs Lbs Lbs Lbs Lbs mm kN kN kN kN kN
12 3480 11260 10980 10550 10080 300 15.5 50.1 48.9 47.1 45.0
24 3260 9830 9100 8150 7280 600 14.5 43.9 40.7 36.6 32.7
36 2980 8260 7280 6180 5280 900 13.3 37.1 32.7 27.8 23.8
48 2640 6890 5860 4760 3890 1,200 11.8 31.0 26.4 21.5 17.6
60 2340 5780 4760 3720 3010 1,500 10.5 26.1 21.5 16.8 13.7
72 2080 4880 3890 3010 2330 1,800 9.3 22.1 17.6 13.7 10.7
84 1860 4130 3270 2470 KL/r >200 2,100 8.4 18.7 14.8 11.3 KL/r >200
96 1680 3550 2790 1890 KL/r >200 2,400 7.6 16.1 12.6 8.7 KL/r >200
108 1480 3110 2330 KL/r >200 KL/r >200 2,700 6.8 14.1 10.7 KL/r >200 KL/r >200
120 1280 2740 1890 KL/r >200 KL/r >200 3,000 5.8 12.4 8.7 KL/r >200 KL/r >200
Beam loads shown are total uniform load, including the channel weight, for a simple span supported at each end that is adequately laterally braced.
Refer to pages 3 - 6 for other beam support conditions.

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