Plain Channels

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t Method of Cataloguing Tolerances

Plain Channels are denoted by the Web: +2 mm –1 mm for LC 12730,
LC 15230.
D
letters “LC”. In the number following
these letters, the first three digits ± 1 mm for all other sections.
indicate the nominal web dimension of Flange: ± 2 mm.
the channel in millimetres. The last two Length: ± 15 mm
x x
digits indicate the thickness of material
in tenths of a millimetre, e.g.
LC 03816 – Plain Channel
Shear 38 mm x 1.6 mm.
Centre Centroid
LC 05130 – Plain Channel
R 51 mm x 3.0 mm.

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Plain Channels— Dimensions and Properties

Nominal Dimensions Section Mass Second Moment of Area Centroid
Catalogue
D B R t Area Galv. Black Ix Iy c
No.
mm mm 2
kg/m 10 mm
6 4
mm
LC01916 19 13 1.6 1.6 64 0.52 0.50 0.00340 0.00113 4.86
LC02516 25 13 1.6 1.6 72 0.58 0.57 0.00641 0.00114 4.14
LC03816 38 16 1.6 1.6 104 0.84 0.82 0.02150 0.00262 4.61
LC05116 51 15 1.6 1.6 120 0.97 0.94 0.04100 0.00218 3.51
LC05130 51 25 3.2 3.0 290 2.15 2.12 0.09960 0.01600 7.80
LC05725 57 26 2.5 2.5 250 2.00 1.96 0.11780 0.01610 7.50
LC06425 64 23 2.5 2.5 250 2.00 1.96 0.13900 0.01110 5.88
LC07630 76 38 3.2 3.0 420 3.34 3.30 0.36400 0.57900 10.91
LC08330 83 34 3.2 3.0 420 3.34 3.30 0.41500 0.04530 9.18
LC08930 89 31 3.2 3.0 420 3.34 3.30 0.45700 0.03560 7.84
LC09530 95 37 3.2 3.0 465 3.70 3.65 0.59300 0.05340 9.09
LC10330 103 34 3.2 3.0 465 3.70 3.65 0.66100 0.03890 7.42
LC10230 102 55 3.2 3.0 600 4.78 4.71 0.98400 0.18080 15.67
LC12730 127 50 3.2 3.0 660 5.26 5.18 1.58200 0.17050 13.22
LC15230 152 51 3.2 3.0 735 5.86 5.77 2.42000 0.17970 12.02

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 Section Modulus Reduced Properties Radius of Gyration Column Properties
Zx Zy Ix red Zx red rx ry Q xo J Iw ßy
10 mm
3 3
10 mm
6 6
10 mm
3 3
mm — mm mm 4
10 mm
6 6
mm
0.359 0.131 0.00340 0.359 7.30 4.21 1.000 -9.24 54.6 0.064 48.6
0.512 0.128 0.00641 0.512 9.43 3.98 1.000 -7.96 61.4 0.115 53.8
1.133 0.220 0.02150 1.133 14.38 5.02 1.000 -9.48 88.7 0.628 80.2
1.607 0.190 0.04100 1.607 18.48 4.26 1.000 -7.20 102.4 0.98 112.2
3.910 0.918 0.09960 3.910 19.21 7.70 1.000 -15.17 810 6.75 108.4
4.130 0.862 0.11780 4.130 21.70 8.03 1.000 -15.40 521 8.65 121.4
4.340 0.660 0.13900 4.340 23.60 6.66 1.000 -11.89 521 7.66 133.6
9.580 2.160 0.36400 9.580 28.40 11.74 1.000 -23.90 1260 55.5 167.4
10.000 1.810 0.41500 10.000 31.40 10.39 1.000 -19.31 1260 52.4 175.2
10.280 1.525 0.45700 10.280 33.00 9.31 1.000 -16.37 1260 48 187.7
12.490 2.010 0.59300 12.490 35.80 10.72 1.000 -19.40 1395 81.8 201.0
12.840 1.602 0.66100 12.840 37.70 9.15 1.000 -15.66 1395 71.3 224.0
19.290 4.630 0.91900 17.280 40.50 17.36 0.916 -34.50 1800 316 236.0
24.900 4.370 1.49300 23.300 49.00 16.07 0.903 -29.70 1980 469 274.0
31.900 4.470 2.45000 30.100 57.40 15.64 0.842 -27.60 2205 719 330.0