L · EN 10056-1

L 120×120/14

L 120×120/14 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 120 mm, thickness 14 mm, weight 25 kg/m, cross-section area 31.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 419.8 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 49.3 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yzuvα1201201434.885.285.234.8[mm]
120Leg a · mm
14Thickness t · mm
31.80Area A · cm²
25.00Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Leg length a120.00 mm
Thickness t14.00 mm
Cross-section area A31.800 cm²
Centroid Cx=Cy34.8 mm
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
25.00kg/m
Section properties
Moment of inertia Iy=Iz419.800 cm⁴
Section modulus Wel49.272 cm³
Plastic modulus Wpl89.500 cm³
Radius of gyration iy36.30 mm
Principal axes u–v
Iu666.300 cm⁴
Iv173.300 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10056-1
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 120×120/14 for your design forces

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

Bending/ 13.5 kN·m
Shear/ 252.4 kN
Compression/ 125.2 kN
Class3
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,RdW_el13.5 kN·m / 13.5 kN·m
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 1590 mm²252.4 kN / 252.4 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd874.5 kN / 125.2 kN
Ncr,y / Ncr,v348.0 kN / 143.7 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.