SC 140 (ISSC 140)

I-beam — 33.25 kg per metre, 42.3 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams.

zyB 140D 140T 12R2 6R1 12t 7
Mass per metre
33.25kg/m
Sectional area
42.3cm²
Depth
140mm
Width
140mm

Column / Heavy Beams (SC, HB). Reproduced as printed in IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams.

SC 140 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams. 140 mm deep, 140 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 140 mm
Width of flange B 140 mm
Thickness of web t 7 mm
Thickness of flange T 12 mm
Flange slope 98 °
Root radius R1 12 mm
Toe radius R2 6 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 33.25 kg/m
Sectional area A 42.3 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area Izz 1,470 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rzz 59 mm
Elastic section modulus Zzz 210 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpz 240 cm³

Minor axis (y-y)

Second moment of area Iyy 437 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 32.1 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 62.5 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 104 cm³

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 24.6 cm⁴
Warping constant Iw 22,400 cm⁶

What a length of SC 140 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of SC 140 at six metres each is 33.25 × 6 × 10 = 1,995 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: 42.3 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 33.21 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 SC 140

What is the weight of SC 140 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives SC 140 a mass of 33.25 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 42.3 cm² agrees: 42.3 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 33.21 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of SC 140 weigh?

199.50 kg. Mass per metre times length: 33.25 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 1995 kg.

Is SC 140 the same as ISSC 140?

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 ISSC 140 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 SC 140?

140 mm deep and 140 mm wide, with a 7 mm web and 12 mm flanges.

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