SC 250 (ISSC 250)

I-beam — 85.54 kg per metre, 108 cm² cross-sectional area. IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams.

zyB 250D 250T 17R2 11.5R1 23t 10
Mass per metre
85.54kg/m
Sectional area
108cm²
Depth
250mm
Width
250mm

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

SC 250 section properties

As printed in IS 808 Table 5 - Column / Heavy Beams. 250 mm deep, 250 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 250 mm
Thickness of web t 10 mm
Thickness of flange T 17 mm
Flange slope 98 °
Root radius R1 23 mm
Toe radius R2 11.5 mm

Mass and area

Mass per metre M 85.54 kg/m
Sectional area A 108 cm²

Major axis (z-z)

Second moment of area Izz 12,400 cm⁴
Radius of gyration rzz 106 mm
Elastic section modulus Zzz 995 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpz 1,120 cm³

Minor axis (y-y)

Second moment of area Iyy 3,250 cm⁴
Radius of gyration ryy 54.7 mm
Elastic section modulus Zyy 260 cm³
Plastic section modulus Zpy 448 cm³

Torsion and warping

Torsion constant (St Venant) It 143 cm⁴
Warping constant Iw 6,00,000 cm⁶

What a length of SC 250 weighs

Total weight is the mass per metre multiplied by the length and the number of pieces. Ten pieces of SC 250 at six metres each is 85.54 × 6 × 10 = 5,132 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: 108 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ is 84.78 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 250

What is the weight of SC 250 per metre?

IS 808 : 2021 gives SC 250 a mass of 85.54 kg per metre. Its printed cross-sectional area of 108 cm² agrees: 108 cm² of steel at 7 850 kg/m³ works out at 84.78 kg per metre.

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

513.24 kg. Mass per metre times length: 85.54 × 6. Ten such pieces come to 5132 kg.

Is SC 250 the same as ISSC 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 ISSC 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 SC 250?

250 mm deep and 250 mm wide, with a 10 mm web and 17 mm flanges.

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