L · EN 10056-1

L 120×120/7

L 120×120/7 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 120 mm, thickness 7 mm, weight 13 kg/m, cross-section area 16.5 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 225.6 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 25.6 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yzuvα120120731.888.288.231.8[mm]
120Leg a · mm
7Thickness t · mm
16.50Area A · cm²
13.00Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Leg length a120.00 mm
Thickness t7.00 mm
Cross-section area A16.500 cm²
Centroid Cx=Cy31.8 mm
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
13.00kg/m
Section properties
Moment of inertia Iy=Iz225.600 cm⁴
Section modulus Wel25.578 cm³
Plastic modulus Wpl46.710 cm³
Radius of gyration iy37.00 mm
Principal axes u–v
Iu358.400 cm⁴
Iv92.800 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10056-1
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 120×120/7 for your design forces

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

Bending/ —
Shear/ 131.0 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 = 825 mm²131.0 kN / 131.0 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd— / —
Ncr,y / Ncr,v187.0 kN / 76.9 kN
fyEN 10025-2275 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve b · χ0.15

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.