Dimensions and section properties for 2L8X6X0.500SLBB

Structural sectional properties for a 2L8X6X0.500SLBB standard steel section

US Customary Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L8X6X0.500SLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	13.6 in²
Section Width	b	8 in
Section Depth	d	6 in
Flange thickness	tf	0.5 in
Web thickness	tw	0.5 in
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	1.79 in
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	3.54 in
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	43.5 in⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	170 in⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	9.58 in³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	21.2 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	17 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	33.5 in³
Self Weight of section	Weight	46 lb/ft

Metric Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L8X6X0.500SLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	8774 mm²
Section Width	b	203 mm
Section Depth	d	152 mm
Flange thickness	tf	12.7 mm
Web thickness	tw	12.7 mm
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	45 mm
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	90 mm
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	18000000 mm⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	71000000 mm⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	157000 mm³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	347000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	279000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	549000 mm³
St. Venant Torsional Constant	J	NaN mm⁴
Warping Torsion Constant	Cw	NaN mm⁶
Self Weight of section	Weight	68 kg/m

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

A 2L8X6X0.500SLBB steel section is a standard North American steel section in the 2L - Doubled Angles category. It weighs 46 lb/ft and has a cross sectional area of 13.6 in². The height and width of the section are 6 in and 8 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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