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Calculate Section Properties of a Wood Beam, Joist, Plank or Deck Section:
 
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)
 
The following calculation is for a wood beam section.  If it is square, enter the same dimension for the depth as the width.
     
Width of the section (b - in or mm)
Depth of the section (d - in or mm)

     
   
   
Output:
 
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Moment of Inertia x-axis, Ix =
Moment of Intertia y-axis, Iy =
Area of section, A =
Section modulus of x-axis, Sx =
Section modulus of y-axis, Sy =
Radius of gyration of x-axis, rx =
Radius of gyration of y-axis, ry =
   
 
 
 




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