L · EN 10056-1

L 70×70/6

L 70×70/6 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 70 mm, thickness 6 mm, weight 6.4 kg/m, cross-section area 8.1 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 36.9 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 7.3 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yzuvα7070619.350.750.719.3[mm]
70Leg a · mm
6Thickness t · mm
8.13Area A · cm²
6.40Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Leg length a70.00 mm
Thickness t6.00 mm
Cross-section area A8.130 cm²
Centroid Cx=Cy19.3 mm
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
6.40kg/m
Section properties
Moment of inertia Iy=Iz36.880 cm⁴
Section modulus Wel7.274 cm³
Plastic modulus Wpl13.300 cm³
Radius of gyration iy21.30 mm
Principal axes u–v
Iu58.600 cm⁴
Iv15.160 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10056-1
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 70×70/6 for your design forces

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

Bending/ —
Shear/ 64.5 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 = 407 mm²64.5 kN / 64.5 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd— / —
Ncr,y / Ncr,v30.6 kN / 12.6 kN
fyEN 10025-2275 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve b · χ0.05

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.