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Web Shear Strength for Box Shapes and Rectangular HSS:
 
Calculation:
Designer/Checker:
   
Input:  
   
 
(Note: All input Metric units are converted to English units for the equations below and then the output English units are converted back to Metric)
 
From AISC G5:
The following is for calculating web shear of box shapes and rectangular HSS.
 
Distance between flanges (h - in or mm)
Thickness of side (t - in or mm)
Steel yield strength (fy - ksi or MPa)
   
   

     
   
Output:
 
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Nominal shear, Vn =
Maximum web shear, Vu =
   
 
 
 




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