The EA 30×30×3 is a steel section with a mass of 1.36 kg/m, an overall depth of 30 mm and width of 30 mm. It has a cross-sectional area of 1.74 cm², a second moment of area Iᵧ of 1.41 cm⁴, an elastic modulus Wₑₗ,ᵧ of 0.652 cm³, tabulated by CivilAxis from EN 10056 · Continental Steel.
Mass
1.36 kg/m
Depth
30 mm
Width
30 mm
Area
1.74 cm²
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EA 30×30×3 section properties to EN 10056 · Continental Steel.
Geometry
Depth of section
h
30
Width of section
b
30
Web thickness
tw
3
Flange thickness
tf
3
Root fillet radius
r
5
Toe radius
r2
2.4
Mass and area
Mass per metre
mass
1.36
Cross-sectional area
A
1.74
Bending about the major axis (y-y)
Area moment of inertia about y-axis
Iy
1.41
Elastic section modulus about y-axis
Wel,y
0.652
Radius of gyration about y-axis
iy
0.901
Bending about the minor axis (z-z)
Area moment of inertia about z-axis
Iz
1.41
Elastic section modulus about z-axis
Wel,z
0.652
Radius of gyration about z-axis
iz
0.901
Principal axes
Area moment of inertia about u-u (major principal) axis
Iu
2.23
Area moment of inertia about v-v (minor principal) axis
Iv
0.59
Radius of gyration about u-u axis
iu
1.13
Radius of gyration about v-v axis
iv
0.582
Elastic section modulus about u-u axis
Wel,u
0.652
Elastic section modulus about v-v axis
Wel,v
0.652
Detailing dimensions
Centroid distance from back of leg (y)
cy
0.836
Centroid distance from back of leg (z)
cz
0.836
Common questions about EA 30×30×3
EA 30×30×3 has a mass of 1.36 kg/m, tabulated to EN 10056. A 12 m length therefore weighs about 16 kg, which is the figure to use for a steel take-off or when checking a lift.
EA 30×30×3 has a depth of 30 mm, a width of 30 mm, a web thickness of 3 mm, a flange thickness of 3 mm, with a cross-sectional area of 1.74 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 0.652 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 1.41 cm⁴, and about the minor axis Iz is 1.41 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 0.901 cm about the major axis and iz is 0.901 cm about the minor axis. Column buckling is governed by the SMALLER value: the slenderness is lambda = L_cr / i, so with iz = 0.901 cm a 0.1 m effective length already gives lambda = 100. Minor-axis buckling almost always controls unless the weak axis is restrained.
