HEA · EN 10365

HEA 550

HEA 550 is a European hot-rolled I-beam (wide-flange section) per EN 10365: height 540 mm, flange width 300 mm, weight 166.2 kg/m, cross-section area 211.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 111900 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 4146 cm³.

Cross section · mm

540Height h · mm

300Flange width b · mm

211.76Area A · cm²

166.20Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Height540.00 mm

Flange width300.00 mm

Flange thickness t_f24.00 mm

Web thickness t_w12.50 mm

Fillet radius r27.00 mm

Cross-section area A211.760 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³166.20kg/m

Section properties

I111 900.000 cm⁴10 820.000 cm⁴

W_el4 146.000 cm³721.300 cm³

W_pl4 622.000 cm³1 107.000 cm³

i229.90 mm71.50 mm

Torsion & LT buckling

Torsion constant I_t360.600 cm⁴

Warping constant I_w7 103 100.0 cm⁶

Reference

Profile standardEN 10365

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of HEA 550 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/ 1.22 MNm

Shear/ 1.28 MN

Compression/ 4.10 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkf_y265MPaClass1 / 2bending / compression

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl1.22 MNm / 293.4 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 8372 mm²1.28 MN / 2.20 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd5.61 MN / 4.10 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z92.77 MN / 8.97 MN

f_ytf = 24.0 mm > 16 mm, EN 10025-2265 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve b · χ0.73

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.