∠ 120 × 120 × 12 (ISA 120x120x12)

angle — 21.57 kg per metre, 27.4 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 10 - Unequal Leg Angles.

xyB 120A 120t 12R1 10
Mass per metre
21.57kg/m
Sectional area
27.4cm²
Leg A
120mm
Leg B
120mm
Thickness
12mm

Unequal Leg Angles. Reproduced as printed in IS 808 Table 10 - Unequal Leg Angles.

∠ 120 × 120 × 12 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 10 - Unequal Leg Angles. legs 120 × 120 mm, 12 mm thick. Units are shown on every row, because the two standards on this site use different ones for the radius of gyration.

Dimensions

Length of leg A A 120 mm
Length of leg B B 120 mm
Thickness of leg t 12 mm
Root radius R1 10 mm
Toe radius R2 4.8 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 21.57 kg/m
Sectional area A 27.4 cm²

Centroid

Centroid from the back of leg A Cx 34.2 mm
Centroid from the back of leg B Cy 34.2 mm

About x-x

Second moment of area Ixx 370 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rxx 36.7 mm
Elastic section modulus Zxx 43.1 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpx 78 cm³

About y-y

Second moment of area Iyy 370 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 36.7 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 43.1 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 78.1 cm³

Principal axes (u-u, v-v)

Second moment of area Iuu 588 cm⁴
Second moment of area Ivv 152 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ruu 46.3 mm
Radius of gyration rvv 23.5 mm
Tangent of the principal axis angle tan α 0.79

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 13.1 cm⁴

What a length of ∠ 120 × 120 × 12 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of ∠ 120 × 120 × 12 at six metres each is 21.57 × 6 × 10 = 1,294 kg. There is nothing else to it — the standard publishes the mass, so no one needs to compute it from the area.

You can check that mass against the area on this page: 27.4 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 21.51 kg/m. Every row in this dataset was checked that way, which is how the contradictions flagged on some of these pages were found.

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Common questions about ∠ 120 × 120 × 12

What is the weight of ∠ 120 × 120 × 12 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives ∠ 120 × 120 × 12 a mass of 21.57 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 27.4 cm² agrees: 27.4 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 21.51 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of ∠ 120 × 120 × 12 weigh?

129.42 kg. Mass per metre times length: 21.57 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 1294 kg.

Is ∠ 120 × 120 × 12 the same as ISA 120x120x12?

It is the same section under the name IS 808 : 2021 gives it — the 2021 revision of IS 808 dropped the "IS" prefix, so a drawing saying ISA 120x120x12 means this section. Check the edition before assuming the figures match, though: this page publishes the current tables, and a great many tables in circulation were copied from the 1989 edition.

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