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Pipe1-1/2STD

Steel Pipe · AISC Shapes Database v15.0 · United States

Pipe1-1/2STD is a steel pipe section 48.3 mm in outside diameter with a 3.4 mm wall, weighing 4.1 kg/m. The dimensions below are the published AISC Shapes Database v15.0 values; the drawing is generated from them.

Pipe sections are round tubes to ASTM A53 dimensions, tabulated by AISC alongside the HSS range for columns, braces and handrails.

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Published dimensions

PropertyMetricImperial
Outside diameter, d48.3 mm1.90 in
Wall thickness, t3.4 mm0.135 in
Mass per metre4.1 kg/m2.7 lb/ft
Area, A483 mm²0.75 in²
Second moment, Ix121,956 mm⁴0.3 in⁴
Second moment, Iy121,956 mm⁴0.3 in⁴

Derived section properties

Integrated analytically from the exact circular tube. For Pipe1-1/2STD the computed area agrees with the published value to 0.03% and Ix to 0.09%. Where a value is also published, the published one above is the one to quote.

AISC tabulates hollow-section properties on the design wall (tdes = 0.93 tnom, per AISC 360), while the published mass reflects the nominal wall — which is why mass and area here differ by about 7% by convention, on every AISC hollow section.

PropertyValue
Elastic modulus, Sx5,059 mm³
Elastic modulus, Sy5,059 mm³
Plastic modulus, Zx6,907 mm³
Plastic modulus, Zy6,907 mm³
Radius of gyration, rx15.9 mm
Radius of gyration, ry15.9 mm

S is the elastic modulus and Z the plastic modulus, following AISC 360. Australian and British practice reverse the letters.

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Where these numbers come from

Published AISC Shapes Database v15.0 values. How StructureCalcs verifies its numbers · Understanding steel section properties · Query this section over the API