L · EN 10056-1

L 40×40/6

L 40×40/6 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 40 mm, thickness 6 mm, weight 3.5 kg/m, cross-section area 4.5 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 6.3 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 2.3 cm³.

Cross section · mm

40Leg a · mm

6Thickness t · mm

4.48Area A · cm²

3.50Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Leg length a40.00 mm

Thickness t6.00 mm

Cross-section area A4.480 cm²

Centroid C_x=C_y12.0 mm

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³3.50kg/m

Section properties

Moment of inertia I_y=I_z6.310 cm⁴

Section modulus W_el2.254 cm³

Plastic modulus W_pl4.130 cm³

Radius of gyration i_y11.90 mm

Principal axes u–v

I_u9.990 cm⁴

I_v2.640 cm⁴

Reference

Profile standardEN 10056-1

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 40×40/6 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/ 0.6 kN·m

Shear/ 35.6 kN

Compression/ 2.1 kN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass3

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_el0.6 kN·m / 0.6 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 224 mm²35.6 kN / 35.6 kN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd123.2 kN / 2.1 kN

N_cr,y / N_cr,v5.2 kN / 2.2 kN

f_yEN 10025-2275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve b · χ0.02

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.