MB 200 (ISMB 200)

I-beam — 24.17 kg per metre, 30.8 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 1 - Medium & Wide Flange Beams.

zyB 100D 200T 10R2 5.5R1 11t 5.7
Mass per metre
24.17kg/m
Sectional area
30.8cm²
Depth
200mm
Width
100mm

Medium & Wide Flange Beams (MB, WB). Reproduced as printed in IS 808 Table 1 - Medium & Wide Flange Beams.

MB 200 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 1 - Medium & Wide Flange Beams. 200 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 200 mm
Width of flange B 100 mm
Thickness of web t 5.7 mm
Thickness of flange T 10 mm
Flange slope 98 °
Root radius R1 11 mm
Toe radius R2 5.5 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 24.17 kg/m
Sectional area A 30.8 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area Izz 2,110 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rzz 82.8 mm
Elastic section modulus Zzz 211 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpz 240 cm³

Minor axis (y-y)

Second moment of area Iyy 136 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 21 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 27.3 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 46 cm³

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 10.7 cm⁴
Warping constant Iw 15,000 cm⁶

What a length of MB 200 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of MB 200 at six metres each is 24.17 × 6 × 10 = 1,450 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: 30.8 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 24.18 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 MB 200

What is the weight of MB 200 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives MB 200 a mass of 24.17 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 30.8 cm² agrees: 30.8 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 24.18 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of MB 200 weigh?

145.02 kg. Mass per metre times length: 24.17 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 1450 kg.

Is MB 200 the same as ISMB 200?

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 ISMB 200 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 MB 200?

200 mm deep and 100 mm wide, with a 5.7 mm web and 10 mm flanges.

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