LC 400 (ISLC 400)

channel — 45.8 kg per metre, 58.2 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 7 - Sloping Flange Channels.

zyB 100D 400T 14R2 4.8R1 14t 8
Mass per metre
45.8kg/m
Sectional area
58.2cm²
Depth
400mm
Width
100mm

Sloping Flange Channels (LC, JC). Reproduced as printed in IS 808 Table 7 - Sloping Flange Channels.

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

  • rzz is printed 155; √(I/A) from this row gives 4.73 — the reason is not apparent.

LC 400 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 7 - Sloping Flange Channels. 400 mm deep, 100 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 400 mm
Width of flange B 100 mm
Thickness of web t 8 mm
Thickness of flange T 14 mm
Flange slope 96 °
Root radius R1 14 mm
Toe radius R2 4.8 mm

Centroid

Centroid from back of web Cy 23.7 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 45.8 kg/m
Sectional area A 58.2 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area Izz 13 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rzz 155 mm
Elastic section modulus Zzz 699 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpz 825 cm³

Minor axis (y-y)

Second moment of area Iyy 457 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 28 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 60 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 117 cm³

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 27.9 cm⁴
Warping constant Iw 1,57,000 cm⁶

What a length of LC 400 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of LC 400 at six metres each is 45.8 × 6 × 10 = 2,748 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: 58.2 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 45.69 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 LC 400

What is the weight of LC 400 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives LC 400 a mass of 45.8 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 58.2 cm² agrees: 58.2 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 45.69 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of LC 400 weigh?

274.80 kg. Mass per metre times length: 45.8 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 2748 kg.

Is LC 400 the same as ISLC 400?

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 ISLC 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.

What are the dimensions of LC 400?

400 mm deep and 100 mm wide, with a 8 mm web and 14 mm flanges.

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