LB 150 (ISLB 150)

I-beam — 14.19 kg per metre, 18 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 2 - Light/Junior Beams.

zyB 80D 150T 6.8R2 3R1 9.5t 4.8
Mass per metre
14.19kg/m
Sectional area
18cm²
Depth
150mm
Width
80mm

Light & Junior Beams (LB, JB). Reproduced as printed in IS 808 Table 2 - Light/Junior Beams.

LB 150 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 2 - Light/Junior Beams. 150 mm deep, 80 mm wide. Units are shown on every row, because the two standards on this site use different ones for the radius of gyration.

Dimensions

Depth of section D 150 mm
Width of flange B 80 mm
Thickness of web t 4.8 mm
Thickness of flange T 6.8 mm
Flange slope 91.5 °
Root radius R1 9.5 mm
Toe radius R2 3 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 14.19 kg/m
Sectional area A 18 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area Izz 687 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rzz 61.6 mm
Elastic section modulus Zzz 91.7 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpz 104 cm³

Minor axis (y-y)

Second moment of area Iyy 55.2 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 17.4 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 13.8 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 22.1 cm³

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 3.02 cm⁴
Warping constant Iw 2,970 cm⁶

What a length of LB 150 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of LB 150 at six metres each is 14.19 × 6 × 10 = 851 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: 18 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 14.13 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 LB 150

What is the weight of LB 150 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives LB 150 a mass of 14.19 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 18 cm² agrees: 18 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 14.13 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of LB 150 weigh?

85.14 kg. Mass per metre times length: 14.19 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 851 kg.

Is LB 150 the same as ISLB 150?

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 ISLB 150 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.

What are the dimensions of LB 150?

150 mm deep and 80 mm wide, with a 4.8 mm web and 6.8 mm flanges.

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