HEB · EN 10365

HEB 240

HEB 240 is a European hot-rolled I-beam (wide-flange section) per EN 10365: height 240 mm, flange width 240 mm, weight 83.2 kg/m, cross-section area 106 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 11260 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 938.3 cm³.

Cross section · mm

240Height h · mm

240Flange width b · mm

105.99Area A · cm²

83.20Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Height240.00 mm

Flange width240.00 mm

Flange thickness t_f17.00 mm

Web thickness t_w10.00 mm

Fillet radius r21.00 mm

Cross-section area A105.990 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³83.20kg/m

Section properties

I11 260.000 cm⁴3 923.000 cm⁴

W_el938.300 cm³326.900 cm³

W_pl1 053.000 cm³498.400 cm³

i103.10 mm60.80 mm

Torsion & LT buckling

Torsion constant I_t103.600 cm⁴

Warping constant I_w476 280.0 cm⁶

Reference

Profile standardEN 10365

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of HEB 240 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/ 279.0 kN·m

Shear/ 508.4 kN

Compression/ 1.63 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkf_y265MPaClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl279.0 kN·m / 132.1 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 3323 mm²508.4 kN / 1.25 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd2.81 MN / 1.63 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z9.34 MN / 3.25 MN

f_ytf = 17.0 mm > 16 mm, EN 10025-2265 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve c · χ0.58

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.