MC 250 (ISMC 250)

channel — 30.6 kg per metre, 38.9 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 6 - Sloping Flange Channels.

zyB 80D 250T 14.1R2 3.2R1 12t 7.2
Mass per metre
30.6kg/m
Sectional area
38.9cm²
Depth
250mm
Width
80mm

Sloping Flange Channels (MC). Reproduced as printed in IS 808 Table 6 - Sloping Flange Channels.

MC 250 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 6 - Sloping Flange Channels. 250 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 250 mm
Width of flange B 80 mm
Thickness of web t 7.2 mm
Thickness of flange T 14.1 mm
Flange slope 96 °
Root radius R1 12 mm
Toe radius R2 3.2 mm

Centroid

Centroid from back of web Cy 23 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 30.6 kg/m
Sectional area A 38.9 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area Izz 3,820 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rzz 99.2 mm
Elastic section modulus Zzz 306 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpz 358 cm³

Minor axis (y-y)

Second moment of area Iyy 218 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 23.7 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 38.2 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 74.2 cm³

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 18.9 cm⁴
Warping constant Iw 26,800 cm⁶

What a length of MC 250 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of MC 250 at six metres each is 30.6 × 6 × 10 = 1,836 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: 38.9 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 30.54 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 MC 250

What is the weight of MC 250 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives MC 250 a mass of 30.6 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 38.9 cm² agrees: 38.9 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 30.54 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of MC 250 weigh?

183.60 kg. Mass per metre times length: 30.6 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 1836 kg.

Is MC 250 the same as ISMC 250?

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 ISMC 250 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 MC 250?

250 mm deep and 80 mm wide, with a 7.2 mm web and 14.1 mm flanges.

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