HEB · EN 10365

HEB 550

HEB 550 is a European hot-rolled I-beam (wide-flange section) per EN 10365: height 550 mm, flange width 300 mm, weight 199.4 kg/m, cross-section area 254.1 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 136700 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 4971 cm³.

Cross section · mm

550Height h · mm

300Flange width b · mm

254.06Area A · cm²

199.40Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Height550.00 mm

Flange width300.00 mm

Flange thickness t_f29.00 mm

Web thickness t_w15.00 mm

Fillet radius r27.00 mm

Cross-section area A254.060 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³199.40kg/m

Section properties

I136 700.000 cm⁴13 080.000 cm⁴

W_el4 971.000 cm³871.800 cm³

W_pl5 591.000 cm³1 341.000 cm³

i232.00 mm71.70 mm

Torsion & LT buckling

Torsion constant I_t612.300 cm⁴

Warping constant I_w8 743 900.0 cm⁶

Reference

Profile standardEN 10365

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of HEB 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/ 1.48 MNm

Shear/ 1.53 MN

Compression/ 4.93 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkf_y265MPaClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl1.48 MNm / 355.4 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 10007 mm²1.53 MN / 2.66 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd6.73 MN / 4.93 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z113.33 MN / 10.84 MN

f_ytf = 29.0 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.