HEA · EN 10365

HEA 260

HEA 260 is a European hot-rolled I-beam (wide-flange section) per EN 10365: height 250 mm, flange width 260 mm, weight 68.2 kg/m, cross-section area 86.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 10450 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 836.4 cm³.

Cross section · mm

250Height h · mm

260Flange width b · mm

86.82Area A · cm²

68.20Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Height250.00 mm

Flange width260.00 mm

Flange thickness t_f12.50 mm

Web thickness t_w7.50 mm

Fillet radius r24.00 mm

Cross-section area A86.820 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³68.20kg/m

Section properties

I10 450.000 cm⁴3 668.000 cm⁴

W_el836.400 cm³282.100 cm³

W_pl919.800 cm³430.200 cm³

i109.70 mm65.00 mm

Torsion & LT buckling

Torsion constant I_t52.000 cm⁴

Warping constant I_w504 990.0 cm⁶

Reference

Profile standardEN 10365

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of HEA 260 for your design forces

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Enter the design loads and the section is checked for bending, shear and compression with flexural buckling.

Bending/ 252.9 kN·m

Shear/ 456.6 kN

Compression/ 1.45 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl252.9 kN·m / 118.3 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 2876 mm²456.6 kN / 1.03 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd2.39 MN / 1.45 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z8.66 MN / 3.04 MN

f_yEN 10025-2275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve c · χ0.61

Yield strength is taken from the product standard for the governing thickness, so above 16 mm it is lower than the nominal grade. Simplified checks per EN 1993-1-1, without M+N+V interaction, without lateral-torsional buckling and without web shear buckling. Verify with a full design.