MC 400 (ISMC 400)

channel — 50.1 kg per metre, 63.7 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 6 - Sloping Flange Channels.

zyB 100D 400T 15.3R2 4.8R1 15t 8.8
Mass per metre
50.1kg/m
Sectional area
63.7cm²
Depth
400mm
Width
100mm

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

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

  • ryy is printed 2.81; √(I/A) from this row gives 28.13 — the printed figure is the value in cm, in a column headed mm.

MC 400 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 6 - 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 8.8 mm
Thickness of flange T 15.3 mm
Flange slope 96 °
Root radius R1 15 mm
Toe radius R2 4.8 mm

Centroid

Centroid from back of web Cy 24.2 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 50.1 kg/m
Sectional area A 63.7 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area Izz 15,100 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rzz 154 mm
Elastic section modulus Zzz 758 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpz 898 cm³

Minor axis (y-y)

Second moment of area Iyy 504 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 2.81 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 66.5 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 129 cm³

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 36.1 cm⁴
Warping constant Iw 1,70,000 cm⁶

What a length of MC 400 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of MC 400 at six metres each is 50.1 × 6 × 10 = 3,006 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: 63.7 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 50 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 400

What is the weight of MC 400 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives MC 400 a mass of 50.1 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 63.7 cm² agrees: 63.7 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 50.00 kg per metre.

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

300.60 kg. Mass per metre times length: 50.1 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 3006 kg.

Is MC 400 the same as ISMC 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 ISMC 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 MC 400?

400 mm deep and 100 mm wide, with a 8.8 mm web and 15.3 mm flanges.

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