L – angles
L152x152x15.9
ASTM A6 rolled shapes are the same in Canada; the CISC list may differ slightly (availability).
Dimensions
- Depthd
- 152mm
- Widthb
- 152mm
- Thicknesst
- 15.9mm
- Distance k (design)kdes
- 28.7mm
- Distance k (detailing)kdet
- 28.6mm
Mass and area
- Mass per lengthm
- 36kg/m
- Cross-sectional areaA
- 4,600mm²
Strong axis x–x
- Moment of inertiaIx
- 1010⁶ mm⁴
- Elastic section modulusSx
- 92.410³ mm³
- Plastic section modulusZx
- 16610³ mm³
- Radius of gyrationrx
- 46.7mm
Weak axis y–y
- Moment of inertiaIy
- 1010⁶ mm⁴
- Elastic section modulusSy
- 92.410³ mm³
- Plastic section modulusZy
- 16610³ mm³
- Radius of gyrationry
- 46.7mm
Principal axes
- Moment of inertia, minor principal axisIz
- 4.0810⁶ mm⁴
- Section modulus, minor principal axisSz
- 66.210³ mm³
- Radius of gyration, minor principal axisrz
- 29.7mm
- Tangent of principal axis angletan α
- 1
Torsion and stability
- Torsional constantJ
- 39810³ mm⁴
- Warping constantCw
- 0.67110⁹ mm⁶
- Polar radius (shear center)r̄o
- 83.3mm
- Flexural constantH
- 0.63
Centers
- Centroidx̄
- 43.7mm
- Centroidȳ
- 43.7mm
- Plastic neutral axisxp
- 15.1mm
- Plastic neutral axisyp
- 15.1mm
Slenderness ratios
- Wall slendernessb/t
- 9.6