The EA 120×120×12 is a steel section with a mass of 21.6 kg/m, an overall depth of 120 mm and width of 120 mm. It has a cross-sectional area of 27.6 cm², a second moment of area Iᵧ of 371 cm⁴, an elastic modulus Wₑₗ,ᵧ of 43.1 cm³, tabulated by CivilAxis from EN 10056 · Continental Steel.
Mass
21.6 kg/m
Depth
120 mm
Width
120 mm
Area
27.6 cm²
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EA 120×120×12 section properties to EN 10056 · Continental Steel.
Geometry
Depth of section
h
120
Width of section
b
120
Web thickness
tw
12
Flange thickness
tf
12
Root fillet radius
r
13
Toe radius
r2
4.8
Mass and area
Mass per metre
mass
21.6
Cross-sectional area
A
27.6
Bending about the major axis (y-y)
Area moment of inertia about y-axis
Iy
371
Elastic section modulus about y-axis
Wel,y
43.1
Radius of gyration about y-axis
iy
3.66
Bending about the minor axis (z-z)
Area moment of inertia about z-axis
Iz
371
Elastic section modulus about z-axis
Wel,z
43.1
Radius of gyration about z-axis
iz
3.66
Principal axes
Area moment of inertia about u-u (major principal) axis
Iu
588
Area moment of inertia about v-v (minor principal) axis
Iv
153
Radius of gyration about u-u axis
iu
4.62
Radius of gyration about v-v axis
iv
2.36
Elastic section modulus about u-u axis
Wel,u
43.1
Elastic section modulus about v-v axis
Wel,v
43.1
Detailing dimensions
Centroid distance from back of leg (y)
cy
3.41
Centroid distance from back of leg (z)
cz
3.41
Common questions about EA 120×120×12
EA 120×120×12 has a mass of 21.6 kg/m, tabulated to EN 10056. A 12 m length therefore weighs about 259 kg, which is the figure to use for a steel take-off or when checking a lift.
EA 120×120×12 has a depth of 120 mm, a width of 120 mm, a web thickness of 12 mm, a flange thickness of 12 mm, with a cross-sectional area of 27.6 cm². These are the nominal dimensions from EN 10056; rolling tolerances apply to the delivered section.
The elastic section modulus about the major axis, Wel,y, is 43.1 cm³. Angles are tabulated about their principal (u-u and v-v) axes rather than a plastic major-axis modulus, so the elastic value is the one to design from unless you are working from the principal-axis properties directly.
The second moment of area about the major axis, Iy, is 371 cm⁴, and about the minor axis Iz is 371 cm⁴. Iy is the value deflection depends on - for a simply supported beam under a uniform load, the midspan deflection is 5wL⁴/384EIy - so on spans where a deflection limit governs rather than strength, this is the number that decides the section.
iy is 3.66 cm about the major axis and iz is 3.66 cm about the minor axis. Column buckling is governed by the SMALLER value: the slenderness is lambda = L_cr / i, so with iz = 3.66 cm a 0.4 m effective length already gives lambda = 100. Minor-axis buckling almost always controls unless the weak axis is restrained.
