L · EN 10056-1

L 70×70/8

L 70×70/8 is an equal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: leg length 70 mm, thickness 8 mm, weight 8.4 kg/m, cross-section area 10.7 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 47.3 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 9.5 cm³.

Cross section · mm

70Leg a · mm

8Thickness t · mm

10.70Area A · cm²

8.40Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Leg length a70.00 mm

Thickness t8.00 mm

Cross-section area A10.700 cm²

Centroid C_x=C_y20.1 mm

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³8.40kg/m

Section properties

Moment of inertia I_y=I_z47.270 cm⁴

Section modulus W_el9.473 cm³

Plastic modulus W_pl17.320 cm³

Radius of gyration i_y21.00 mm

Principal axes u–v

I_u75.010 cm⁴

I_v19.520 cm⁴

Reference

Profile standardEN 10056-1

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 70×70/8 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/ 2.6 kN·m

Shear/ 84.9 kN

Compression/ 15.0 kN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass3

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_el2.6 kN·m / 2.6 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 535 mm²84.9 kN / 84.9 kN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd294.3 kN / 15.0 kN

N_cr,y / N_cr,v39.2 kN / 16.2 kN

f_yEN 10025-2275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 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.