L · EN 10056-1

L 160×160/17

L 160×160/17 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 160 mm, thickness 17 mm, weight 40.7 kg/m, cross-section area 51.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 1225 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 107.2 cm³.

Cross section · mm

160Leg a · mm

17Thickness t · mm

51.80Area A · cm²

40.70Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Leg length a160.00 mm

Thickness t17.00 mm

Cross-section area A51.800 cm²

Centroid C_x=C_y45.7 mm

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³40.70kg/m

Section properties

Moment of inertia I_y=I_z1 225.000 cm⁴

Section modulus W_el107.174 cm³

Plastic modulus W_pl194.860 cm³

Radius of gyration i_y48.60 mm

Principal axes u–v

I_u1 947.000 cm⁴

I_v504.200 cm⁴

Reference

Profile standardEN 10056-1

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 160×160/17 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/ 28.4 kN·m

Shear/ 396.3 kN

Compression/ 342.0 kN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkf_y265MPaClass3

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_el28.4 kN·m / 28.4 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 2590 mm²396.3 kN / 396.3 kN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd1.37 MN / 342.0 kN

N_cr,y / N_cr,v1.02 MN / 418.0 kN

f_yt = 17.0 mm > 16 mm, EN 10025-2265 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve b · χ0.25

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.