Dimensions and section properties for 2L6X4X0.500SLBB

Structural sectional properties for a 2L6X4X0.500SLBB standard steel section

US Customary Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L6X4X0.500SLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	9.5 in²
Section Width	b	6 in
Section Depth	d	4 in
Flange thickness	tf	0.5 in
Web thickness	tw	0.5 in
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	1.14 in
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	2.75 in
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	12.4 in⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	71.8 in⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	4.12 in³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	12 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	7.38 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	18.8 in³
Self Weight of section	Weight	32.4 lb/ft

Metric Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L6X4X0.500SLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	6129 mm²
Section Width	b	152 mm
Section Depth	d	102 mm
Flange thickness	tf	12.7 mm
Web thickness	tw	12.7 mm
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	29 mm
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	70 mm
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	5000000 mm⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	30000000 mm⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	68000 mm³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	197000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	121000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	308000 mm³
St. Venant Torsional Constant	J	NaN mm⁴
Warping Torsion Constant	Cw	NaN mm⁶
Self Weight of section	Weight	48 kg/m

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

A 2L6X4X0.500SLBB steel section is a standard North American steel section in the 2L - Doubled Angles category. It weighs 32.4 lb/ft and has a cross sectional area of 9.5 in². The height and width of the section are 4 in and 6 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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