IPN · EN 10365

IPN 500

IPN 500 is a European hot-rolled I-beam with tapered flanges (IPN) per EN 10365: height 500 mm, flange width 185 mm, weight 141 kg/m, cross-section area 179.4 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 68740 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 2750 cm³.

Cross section · mm

500Height h · mm

185Flange width b · mm

179.40Area A · cm²

141.00Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Height500.00 mm

Flange width185.00 mm

Flange thickness t_f27.00 mm

Web thickness t_w18.00 mm

Fillet radius r18.00 mm

Toe radius r₂10.80 mm

Cross-section area A179.400 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³141.00kg/m

Section properties

I68 740.000 cm⁴2 480.000 cm⁴

W_el2 750.000 cm³268.000 cm³

W_pl3 240.000 cm³456.000 cm³

i196.00 mm37.20 mm

Torsion & LT buckling

Torsion constant I_t402.000 cm⁴

Warping constant I_w1 400 000.0 cm⁶

Reference

Profile standardEN 10365

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of IPN 500 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/ 858.6 kN·m

Shear/ 1.44 MN

Compression/ 1.59 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkf_y265MPaClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl858.6 kN·m / 120.8 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 9408 mm²1.44 MN / 1.53 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd4.75 MN / 1.59 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z56.99 MN / 2.06 MN

f_ytf = 27.0 mm > 16 mm, EN 10025-2265 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve b · χ0.33

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.