Dimensions and section properties for 2L2.5X2X0.3125LLBB

Structural sectional properties for a 2L2.5X2X0.3125LLBB standard steel section

US Customary Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L2.5X2X0.3125LLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	2.64 in²
Section Width	b	2.5 in
Section Depth	d	2 in
Flange thickness	tf	0.313 in
Web thickness	tw	0.313 in
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	0.774 in
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	0.804 in
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	1.58 in⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	1.71 in⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	0.93 in³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	0.855 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	1.68 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	1.47 in³
Self Weight of section	Weight	9 lb/ft

Metric Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L2.5X2X0.3125LLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	1703 mm²
Section Width	b	64 mm
Section Depth	d	51 mm
Flange thickness	tf	8 mm
Web thickness	tw	8 mm
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	20 mm
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	20 mm
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	1000000 mm⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	1000000 mm⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	15000 mm³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	14000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	28000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	24000 mm³
St. Venant Torsional Constant	J	NaN mm⁴
Warping Torsion Constant	Cw	NaN mm⁶
Self Weight of section	Weight	13 kg/m

Note: Metric units have been converted from tabulated imperial values and rounded to a reasonable number of significant figures.

A 2L2.5X2X0.3125LLBB steel section is a standard North American steel section in the 2L - Doubled Angles category. It weighs 9 lb/ft and has a cross sectional area of 2.64 in². The height and width of the section are 2 in and 2.5 in respectively.

The section has a tensile yield capacity of:

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The section has a flexural plastic moment capacity of:

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The section has a flexural elastic moment capacity of:

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