I-beam — 81.83 kg per metre, 104 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams.
Column / Heavy Beams (SC, HB). Reproduced as printed in IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams.
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As printed in IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams. 400 mm deep, 250 mm wide. Units are shown on every row, because the two standards on this site use different ones for the radius of gyration.
| Depth of section D | 400 | mm |
|---|---|---|
| Width of flange B | 250 | mm |
| Thickness of web t | 10.6 | mm |
| Thickness of flange T | 12.7 | mm |
| Flange slope | 94 | ° |
| Root radius R1 | 14 | mm |
| Toe radius R2 | 7 | mm |
| Mass per metre M | 81.83 | kg/m |
|---|---|---|
| Sectional area A | 104 | cm² |
| Second moment of area Izz | 28,700 | cm⁴ |
|---|---|---|
| Radius of gyration rzz | 166 | mm |
| Elastic section modulus Zzz | 1,430 | cm³ |
| Plastic section modulus Zpz | 1,610 | cm³ |
| Second moment of area Iyy | 2,730 | cm⁴ |
|---|---|---|
| Radius of gyration ryy | 51.2 | mm |
| Elastic section modulus Zyy | 218 | cm³ |
| Plastic section modulus Zpy | 364 | cm³ |
| Torsion constant (St Venant) It | 63.9 | cm⁴ |
|---|---|---|
| Warping constant Iw | 12,40,000 | cm⁶ |
Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of HB 400* at six metres each is 81.83 × 6 × 10 = 4,910 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: 104 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 81.64 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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IS 808 : 2021 gives HB 400* a mass of 81.83 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 104 cm² agrees: 104 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 81.64 kg per metre.
490.98 kg. Mass per metre times length: 81.83 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 4910 kg.
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 ISHB 400* 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.
400 mm deep and 250 mm wide, with a 10.6 mm web and 12.7 mm flanges.
IS 808 marks this designation with an asterisk, and its own footnote explains why: the heavier sections of a size come off the same rolls as the lighter ones, by spreading the rolls. The standard therefore says the mass should be mentioned when ordering — the designation alone does not identify which section you get.
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