Dimensions and section properties for 2L3X2X0.500SLBB

Structural sectional properties for a 2L3X2X0.500SLBB standard steel section

US Customary Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L3X2X0.500SLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	4.52 in²
Section Width	b	3 in
Section Depth	d	2 in
Flange thickness	tf	0.5 in
Web thickness	tw	0.5 in
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	0.543 in
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	1.42 in
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	1.33 in⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	9.11 in⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	0.94 in³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	3.04 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	1.77 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	4.88 in³
Self Weight of section	Weight	15.4 lb/ft

Metric Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L3X2X0.500SLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	2916 mm²
Section Width	b	76 mm
Section Depth	d	51 mm
Flange thickness	tf	12.7 mm
Web thickness	tw	12.7 mm
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	14 mm
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	36 mm
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	1000000 mm⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	4000000 mm⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	15000 mm³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	50000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	29000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	80000 mm³
St. Venant Torsional Constant	J	NaN mm⁴
Warping Torsion Constant	Cw	NaN mm⁶
Self Weight of section	Weight	23 kg/m

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

A 2L3X2X0.500SLBB steel section is a standard North American steel section in the 2L - Doubled Angles category. It weighs 15.4 lb/ft and has a cross sectional area of 4.52 in². The height and width of the section are 2 in and 3 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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