L · EN 10056-1

L 60×60/4

L 60×60/4 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 60 mm, thickness 4 mm, weight 3.7 kg/m, cross-section area 4.7 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 15.8 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 3.6 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yzuvα6060416.044.044.016.0[mm]
60Leg a · mm
4Thickness t · mm
4.71Area A · cm²
3.70Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Leg length a60.00 mm
Thickness t4.00 mm
Cross-section area A4.710 cm²
Centroid Cx=Cy16.0 mm
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
3.70kg/m
Section properties
Moment of inertia Iy=Iz15.780 cm⁴
Section modulus Wel3.586 cm³
Plastic modulus Wpl6.580 cm³
Radius of gyration iy18.30 mm
Principal axes u–v
Iu25.040 cm⁴
Iv6.510 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10056-1
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 60×60/4 for your design forces

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

Bending/ —
Shear/ 37.4 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 = 236 mm²37.4 kN / 37.4 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd— / —
Ncr,y / Ncr,v13.1 kN / 5.4 kN
fyEN 10025-2275 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve b · χ0.04

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.