L · EN 10056-1

L 140×140/18

L 140×140/18 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 140 mm, thickness 18 mm, weight 37.2 kg/m, cross-section area 47.4 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 844 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 85.4 cm³.

Cross section · mm

140Leg a · mm

18Thickness t · mm

47.40Area A · cm²

37.20Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Leg length a140.00 mm

Thickness t18.00 mm

Cross-section area A47.400 cm²

Centroid C_x=C_y41.2 mm

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³37.20kg/m

Section properties

Moment of inertia I_y=I_z844.000 cm⁴

Section modulus W_el85.425 cm³

Plastic modulus W_pl155.180 cm³

Radius of gyration i_y42.20 mm

Principal axes u–v

I_u1 338.000 cm⁴

I_v350.000 cm⁴

Reference

Profile standardEN 10056-1

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 140×140/18 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/ 22.6 kN·m

Shear/ 362.6 kN

Compression/ 245.2 kN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkf_y265MPaClass3

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_el22.6 kN·m / 22.6 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 2370 mm²362.6 kN / 362.6 kN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd1.26 MN / 245.2 kN

N_cr,y / N_cr,v699.7 kN / 290.2 kN

f_yt = 18.0 mm > 16 mm, EN 10025-2265 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve b · χ0.20

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.