SC 180 (ISSC 180)

I-beam — 50.48 kg per metre, 64.3 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams.

zyB 180D 180T 14R2 7.5R1 15t 8.5
Mass per metre
50.48kg/m
Sectional area
64.3cm²
Depth
180mm
Width
180mm

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

SC 180 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams. 180 mm deep, 180 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 180 mm
Width of flange B 180 mm
Thickness of web t 8.5 mm
Thickness of flange T 14 mm
Flange slope 98 °
Root radius R1 15 mm
Toe radius R2 7.5 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 50.48 kg/m
Sectional area A 64.3 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area Izz 3,730 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rzz 76.2 mm
Elastic section modulus Zzz 414 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpz 471 cm³

Minor axis (y-y)

Second moment of area Iyy 1,050 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 40.5 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 117 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 197 cm³

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 52.8 cm⁴
Warping constant Iw 93,700 cm⁶

What a length of SC 180 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of SC 180 at six metres each is 50.48 × 6 × 10 = 3,029 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: 64.3 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 50.48 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 180

What is the weight of SC 180 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives SC 180 a mass of 50.48 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 64.3 cm² agrees: 64.3 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 50.48 kg per metre.

How much does a 6 m length of SC 180 weigh?

302.88 kg. Mass per metre times length: 50.48 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 3029 kg.

Is SC 180 the same as ISSC 180?

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 180 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 180?

180 mm deep and 180 mm wide, with a 8.5 mm web and 14 mm flanges.

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