∠ 50 × 30 × 3 (ISA 50x30x3)

angle — 1.86 kg per metre, 2.37 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 11 - Angles.

xyB 30A 50t 3R1 5.5
Mass per metre
1.86kg/m
Sectional area
2.37cm²
Leg A
50mm
Leg B
30mm
Thickness
3mm

Angles (supplementary). Reproduced as printed in IS 808 Table 11 - Angles.

∠ 50 × 30 × 3 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 11 - Angles. legs 50 × 30 mm, 3 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 50 mm
Length of leg B B 30 mm
Thickness of leg t 3 mm
Root radius R1 5.5 mm
Toe radius R2 0 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 1.86 kg/m
Sectional area A 2.37 cm²

Centroid

Centroid from the back of leg A Cx 16.4 mm
Centroid from the back of leg B Cy 6.7 mm

About x-x

Second moment of area Ixx 6.13 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rxx 16.1 mm
Elastic section modulus Zxx 1.83 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpx 3.28 cm³

About y-y

Second moment of area Iyy 1.69 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 8.4 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 0.73 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 1.31 cm³

Principal axes (u-u, v-v)

Second moment of area Iuu 6.79 cm⁴
Second moment of area Ivv 1.03 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ruu 16.9 mm
Radius of gyration rvv 6.6 mm
Tangent of the principal axis angle tan α 0.35

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 0.069 cm⁴

What a length of ∠ 50 × 30 × 3 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of ∠ 50 × 30 × 3 at six metres each is 1.86 × 6 × 10 = 112 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: 2.37 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 1.86 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 ∠ 50 × 30 × 3

What is the weight of ∠ 50 × 30 × 3 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives ∠ 50 × 30 × 3 a mass of 1.86 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 2.37 cm² agrees: 2.37 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 1.86 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of ∠ 50 × 30 × 3 weigh?

11.16 kg. Mass per metre times length: 1.86 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 112 kg.

Is ∠ 50 × 30 × 3 the same as ISA 50x30x3?

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 50x30x3 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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