L · EN 10056-1

L 120×120/11

L 120×120/11 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 120 mm, thickness 11 mm, weight 19.9 kg/m, cross-section area 25.4 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 340.6 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 39.4 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yzuvα1201201133.686.486.433.6[mm]
120Leg a · mm
11Thickness t · mm
25.40Area A · cm²
19.90Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Leg length a120.00 mm
Thickness t11.00 mm
Cross-section area A25.400 cm²
Centroid Cx=Cy33.6 mm
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
19.90kg/m
Section properties
Moment of inertia Iy=Iz340.600 cm⁴
Section modulus Wel39.421 cm³
Plastic modulus Wpl71.700 cm³
Radius of gyration iy36.60 mm
Principal axes u–v
Iu541.500 cm⁴
Iv139.800 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10056-1
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 120×120/11 for your design forces

Enter the design loads and the section is checked for bending, shear and compression with flexural buckling.

Bending/ —
Shear/ 201.6 kN
Compression/ —

Bending and compression are not available for class 4 sections; effective properties per EN 1993-1-5 are required.

Class4
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,Rd— / —
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 1270 mm²201.6 kN / 201.6 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd— / —
Ncr,y / Ncr,v282.4 kN / 115.9 kN
fyEN 10025-2275 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve b · χ0.14

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.

For angles the bending values refer to the axes parallel to the legs, which are not principal axes. A moment about one of them also bends the section about the other, so bending has to be resolved into the principal axes u and v and checked biaxially. Buckling already uses the weaker principal axis v.