LB 600 (ISLB 600)

I-beam — 99.39 kg per metre, 126 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 2 - Light/Junior Beams.

zyB 210D 600T 15.5R2 10R1 20t 10.5
Mass per metre
99.39kg/m
Sectional area
126cm²
Depth
600mm
Width
210mm

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

A radius of gyration here disagrees with this row’s own I and A

  • rzz is printed 23.9; √(I/A) from this row gives 240.54 — the printed figure is the value in cm, in a column headed mm.
  • ryy is printed 3.79; √(I/A) from this row gives 38.01 — the printed figure is the value in cm, in a column headed mm.

LB 600 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 2 - Light/Junior Beams. 600 mm deep, 210 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 600 mm
Width of flange B 210 mm
Thickness of web t 10.5 mm
Thickness of flange T 15.5 mm
Flange slope 98 °
Root radius R1 20 mm
Toe radius R2 10 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 99.39 kg/m
Sectional area A 126 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area Izz 72,900 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rzz 23.9 mm
Elastic section modulus Zzz 2,430 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpz 2,790 cm³

Minor axis (y-y)

Second moment of area Iyy 1,820 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 3.79 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 173 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 306 cm³

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 107 cm⁴
Warping constant Iw 20,40,000 cm⁶

What a length of LB 600 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of LB 600 at six metres each is 99.39 × 6 × 10 = 5,963 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: 126 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 98.91 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 600

What is the weight of LB 600 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives LB 600 a mass of 99.39 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 126 cm² agrees: 126 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 98.91 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of LB 600 weigh?

596.34 kg. Mass per metre times length: 99.39 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 5963 kg.

Is LB 600 the same as ISLB 600?

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 600 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 600?

600 mm deep and 210 mm wide, with a 10.5 mm web and 15.5 mm flanges.

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