HEB · EN 10365

HEB 260

HEB 260 is a European hot-rolled I-beam (wide-flange section) per EN 10365: height 260 mm, flange width 260 mm, weight 93 kg/m, cross-section area 118.4 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 14920 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 1148 cm³.

Cross section · mm

260Height h · mm

260Flange width b · mm

118.44Area A · cm²

93.00Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Height260.00 mm

Flange width260.00 mm

Flange thickness t_f17.50 mm

Web thickness t_w10.00 mm

Fillet radius r24.00 mm

Cross-section area A118.440 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³93.00kg/m

Section properties

I14 920.000 cm⁴5 135.000 cm⁴

W_el1 148.000 cm³395.000 cm³

W_pl1 283.000 cm³602.200 cm³

i112.20 mm65.80 mm

Torsion & LT buckling

Torsion constant I_t125.700 cm⁴

Warping constant I_w736 280.0 cm⁶

Reference

Profile standardEN 10365

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of HEB 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/ 340.0 kN·m

Shear/ 575.1 kN

Compression/ 1.96 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkf_y265MPaClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl340.0 kN·m / 159.6 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 3759 mm²575.1 kN / 1.39 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd3.14 MN / 1.96 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z12.37 MN / 4.26 MN

f_ytf = 17.5 mm > 16 mm, EN 10025-2265 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve c · χ0.63

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.