Dimensions and section properties for 2L8X6X0.5625LLBB

Structural sectional properties for a 2L8X6X0.5625LLBB standard steel section

US Customary Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L8X6X0.5625LLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	15.2 in²
Section Width	b	8 in
Section Depth	d	6 in
Flange thickness	tf	0.563 in
Web thickness	tw	0.563 in
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	2.55 in
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	2.32 in
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	98.8 in⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	81.8 in⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	17.9 in³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	13.6 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	32.4 in³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	22.7 in³
Self Weight of section	Weight	51.4 lb/ft

Metric Units

Description	Symbol	Value
Shape Category / Designation	Type	2L
Section Name	Name	2L8X6X0.5625LLBB
Cross Sectional Area	A	9806 mm²
Section Width	b	203 mm
Section Depth	d	152 mm
Flange thickness	tf	14.3 mm
Web thickness	tw	14.3 mm
Radius of Gyration about X-X	rx	65 mm
Radius of Gyrations about Y-Y	ry	59 mm
Moment of Inertia about X-X	Ix	41000000 mm⁴
Moment of Intertia about Y-Y	Iy	34000000 mm⁴
Elastic Section Modulus about X-X	Sx	293000 mm³
Elastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Sy	223000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about X-X	Zx	531000 mm³
Plastic Section Modulus about Y-Y	Zy	372000 mm³
St. Venant Torsional Constant	J	NaN mm⁴
Warping Torsion Constant	Cw	NaN mm⁶
Self Weight of section	Weight	76 kg/m

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

A 2L8X6X0.5625LLBB steel section is a standard North American steel section in the 2L - Doubled Angles category. It weighs 51.4 lb/ft and has a cross sectional area of 15.2 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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