This section is from the book "The Building Trades Pocketbook", by International Correspondence Schools. Also available from Amazon: Building Trades Pocketbook: a Handy Manual of reference on Building Construction.
Radii of gyration given correspond to directions of the arrowheads.
Size Inches. | Thickness. Inches. | Radii of Gyration. | |||
r0. | r1 | r2 | r3. | ||
6 X4 | 7/8 | 1.95 | 1.68 | 1.87 | 1.97 |
6 X4 | 3/8 | 1.93 | 1.50 | 1.67 | 1.76 |
5X3 1/2 | 3/4 | 1.59 | 1.44 | 1.63 | 1.73 |
5 X3 1/2 | 3/8 | 1.60 | 1.84 | 1.51 | 1.61 |
5 X3 | 3/4 | 1.62 | 1.23 | 1.42 | 1.52 |
6 X3 | 5/16 | 1.61 | 1.09 | 1.26 | 1.36 |
4 1/2X3 | 3/4 | 1.43 | 1.25 | 1.44 | 1.55 |
4 1/2X3 | 5/16 | 1.45 | 1.13 | 1.31 | 1.40 |
4 X3 1/2 | 3/4 | 1.24 | 1.53 | 1.72 | 1.83 |
4 X3 1/2 | 5/16 | 1.26 | 1.41 | 1.58 | 1.69 |
4 X3 | 5/8 | 1.23 | 1.20 | 1.39 | 1.50 |
4 X3 | 5/16 | 1.27 | 1.17 | 1.35 | 1.48 |
3 1/2X3 | 5/8 | 1.06 | 1.27 | 1.46 | 1.56 |
31X3 | 5/16 | 1.10 | 1.21 | 1.39 | 1.49 |
3 1/2X2* | 9/16 | 1.10 | 1.04 | 1.23 | 1.84 |
3 1/2X2 1/2 | 1/4 | 1.12 | .96 | 1.17 | 1.24 |
3 X2 1/2 | 9/16 | .93 | 1.07 | 1.27 | 1.37 |
3 X2 1/2 | 1/4 | .95 | 1.00 | 1.18 | 1.28 |
3 X2 | 1/2 | .92 | .80 | 1.00 | 1.10 |
3 X2 | 1/4 | .96 | .75 | .93 | 1.04 |
2 1/4X1 1/2 | 5/16 | .70 | .60 | .79 | .91 |
2 1/4 X 1 1/2 | 3/16 | .72 | .57 | .75 | .86 |
 
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