rectangular hollow section — 9.34 kg per metre, 10.03 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 4923:2017 Table 2 - Rectangular Hollow Sections (Amd. 2, weights per Amd. 3).
Rectangular Hollow Sections. Reproduced as printed in IS 4923:2017 Table 2 - Rectangular Hollow Sections (Amd. 2, weights per Amd. 3).
This row does not add up in the standard itself
The mass on this row has been amended
As printed in IS 4923:2017 Table 2 - Rectangular Hollow Sections (Amd. 2, weights per Amd. 3). 127 mm deep, 50 mm wide. Units are shown on every row, because the two standards on this site use different ones for the radius of gyration.
| Depth of section D | 127 | mm |
|---|---|---|
| Width of section B | 50 | mm |
| Wall thickness t | 3.6 | mm |
| Mass per metre M | 9.34 | kg/m |
|---|---|---|
| Sectional area A | 10.03 | cm² |
| Second moment of area Ixx | 194.74 | cm⁴ |
|---|---|---|
| Radius of gyration rxx | 4.41 | cm |
| Elastic section modulus Ze,xx | 30.67 | cm³ |
| Plastic section modulus Zp,xx | 39.1 | cm³ |
| Second moment of area Iyy | 45.02 | cm⁴ |
|---|---|---|
| Radius of gyration ryy | 2.12 | cm |
| Elastic section modulus Ze,yy | 18.01 | cm³ |
| Plastic section modulus Zp,yy | 20.24 | cm³ |
Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of 127x50x3.6 at six metres each is 9.34 × 6 × 10 = 560 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: 10.03 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 7.87 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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IS 4923 : 2017 gives 127x50x3.6 a mass of 9.34 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 10.03 cm² agrees: 10.03 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 7.87 kg per metre.
56.04 kg. Mass per metre times length: 9.34 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 560 kg.
127 mm deep and 50 mm wide, with a 3.6 mm web.
Amendment No. 3 (June 2024) to IS 4923 : 2017 substituted 9.34 kg/m for the 7.87 kg/m printed before it. Any table copied before June 2024 carries the older figure.
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