L 40×40/5 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 40 mm, thickness 5 mm, weight 3 kg/m, cross-section area 3.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 5.4 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 1.9 cm³.
Geometry
Leg length a40.00 mm
Thickness t5.00 mm
Cross-section area A3.790 cm²
Centroid Cx=Cy11.6 mm
Weight G steel 7850 kg/m³3.00kg/m
Section properties
Moment of inertia Iy=IzⓘSecond moment of area about y-axis (strong axis)5.430 cm⁴