Section Properties
HEA500 Section Properties
European wide-flange, light (HEA) profile — dimensions, area, moments of inertia, section moduli, and torsional properties, ready to use in an EC3 design.
Dimensions
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Depth, h | 490.0 mm |
| Width, b | 300.0 mm |
| Web thickness, tw | 12.00 mm |
| Flange thickness, tf | 23.00 mm |
| Root radius, r | 27.0 mm |
Section Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Area, A | 19,780 mm² |
| Mass (computed, ρ = 7850 kg/m³) | 155.3 kg/m |
| Second moment of area, Iy (major axis) | 869.70 × 10⁶ mm⁴ |
| Second moment of area, Iz (minor axis) | 103.800 × 10⁶ mm⁴ |
| Elastic section modulus, Wely | 3550.0 × 10³ mm³ |
| Plastic section modulus, Wply | 3949.0 × 10³ mm³ |
| Elastic section modulus, Welz | 691.80 × 10³ mm³ |
| Plastic section modulus, Wplz | 1059.00 × 10³ mm³ |
| Radius of gyration, iy | 209.7 mm |
| Radius of gyration, iz | 72.4 mm |
| Torsion constant, It | 309.80 × 10⁴ mm⁴ |
| Warping constant, Iw | 5.64300 × 10¹² mm⁶ |
Values verified against published European (ArcelorMittal / EN 10365) section tables. Mass per metre above is computed from cross-sectional area and steel density (7850 kg/m³) — a derived value, not a separately-published table figure.
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