L · EN 10056-1

L 45×45/3

L 45×45/3 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 45 mm, thickness 3 mm, weight 2.1 kg/m, cross-section area 2.7 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 4.9 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 1.5 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yzuvα4545311.933.133.111.9[mm]
45Leg a · mm
3Thickness t · mm
2.66Area A · cm²
2.10Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Leg length a45.00 mm
Thickness t3.00 mm
Cross-section area A2.660 cm²
Centroid Cx=Cy11.9 mm
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
2.10kg/m
Section properties
Moment of inertia Iy=Iz4.930 cm⁴
Section modulus Wel1.489 cm³
Plastic modulus Wpl2.780 cm³
Radius of gyration iy13.60 mm
Principal axes u–v
Iu7.810 cm⁴
Iv2.040 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10056-1
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 45×45/3 for your design forces

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

Bending/ —
Shear/ 21.1 kN
Compression/ —

Bending and compression are not available for class 4 sections; effective properties per EN 1993-1-5 are required.

Class4
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,Rd— / —
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 133 mm²21.1 kN / 21.1 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd— / —
Ncr,y / Ncr,v4.1 kN / 1.7 kN
fyEN 10025-2275 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 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.