Dimensions and section properties for 2L6X4X0.5625LLBB

Structural sectional properties for a 2L6X4X0.5625LLBB standard steel section

US Customary Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L6X4X0.5625LLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	10.6 in²
Section Width	b	6 in
Section Depth	d	4 in
Flange thickness	tf	0.563 in
Web thickness	tw	0.563 in
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	1.9 in
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	1.52 in
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	38.4 in⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	24.5 in⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	9.62 in³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	6.12 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	17.2 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	10.6 in³
Self Weight of section	Weight	36.2 lb/ft

Metric Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L6X4X0.5625LLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	6839 mm²
Section Width	b	152 mm
Section Depth	d	102 mm
Flange thickness	tf	14.3 mm
Web thickness	tw	14.3 mm
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	48 mm
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	39 mm
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	16000000 mm⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	10000000 mm⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	158000 mm³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	100000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	282000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	174000 mm³
St. Venant Torsional Constant	J	NaN mm⁴
Warping Torsion Constant	Cw	NaN mm⁶
Self Weight of section	Weight	54 kg/m

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

A 2L6X4X0.5625LLBB steel section is a standard North American steel section in the 2L - Doubled Angles category. It weighs 36.2 lb/ft and has a cross sectional area of 10.6 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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