LU · EN 10056-1

L 30×20/3

L 30×20/3 is an unequal-leg steel angle per EN 10056-1: legs 30×20 mm, thickness 3 mm, weight 1.1 kg/m, cross-section area 1.4 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 1.3 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 0.6 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yz302035.09.9[mm]
30Long leg a · mm
20Short leg b · mm
1.43Area A · cm²
1.12Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Long leg a30.00 mm
Short leg b20.00 mm
Thickness t3.00 mm
Root radius r₁4.00 mm
Cross-section area A1.430 cm²
Centroid Cx9.9 mm
Centroid Cy5.0 mm
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
1.12kg/m
Section properties
Iy1.250 cm⁴
Iz0.437 cm⁴
Wel,y0.621 cm³
Wel,z0.292 cm³
iy9.40 mm
iz5.50 mm
Principal axes u–v
Iu1.430 cm⁴
Iv0.256 cm⁴
iv4.20 mm
tan α0.427 –
Reference
Profile standardEN 10056-1
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of L 30×20/3 for your design forces

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

Bending/ 0.2 kN·m
Shear/ 11.4 kN
Compression/ 0.2 kN
Class3
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,RdW_el0.2 kN·m / 0.1 kN·m
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 72 mm²11.4 kN / 11.4 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd39.3 kN / 0.2 kN
Ncr,y / Ncr,v1.0 kN / 0.2 kN
fyEN 10025-2275 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve b · χ0.01

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.