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What is the mass of a 20 ft W8X21 beam?
Mass per unit length
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Hence for a 20 ft beam, the total mass is
Given a W16x57 A992 steel beam, what is the plastic moment?
Yield stress of A992 steel
Plastic section modulus
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Hence the plastic moment is