L · EN 10056-1

L 250×250/26

L 250×250/26 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 250 mm, thickness 26 mm, weight 96.7 kg/m, cross-section area 123.2 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 7156 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 400.9 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yzuvα2502502671.5178.5178.571.5[mm]
250Leg a · mm
26Thickness t · mm
123.20Area A · cm²
96.70Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Leg length a250.00 mm
Thickness t26.00 mm
Cross-section area A123.200 cm²
Centroid Cx=Cy71.5 mm
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
96.70kg/m
Section properties
Moment of inertia Iy=Iz7 156.000 cm⁴
Section modulus Wel400.896 cm³
Plastic modulus Wpl728.430 cm³
Radius of gyration iy76.20 mm
Principal axes u–v
Iu11 370.000 cm⁴
Iv2 939.000 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10056-1
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 250×250/26 for your design forces

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

Bending/ 106.2 kN·m
Shear/ 942.5 kN
Compression/ 1.64 MN
fy265MPaClass3
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,RdW_el106.2 kN·m / 106.2 kN·m
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 6160 mm²942.5 kN / 942.5 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd3.26 MN / 1.64 MN
Ncr,y / Ncr,v5.93 MN / 2.44 MN
fyt = 26.0 mm > 16 mm, EN 10025-2265 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve b · χ0.50

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.