Material Design Properties for Structural Steel S235, S275, S355, S420, S450, S460 according to EN1993-1-1 §3.2.

Material Property Value Material Property Value

Density ρ ≈ 7850 kg/m3 Shear modulus G G = E / [2 ⋅ (1 + ν) ] ≈ 81000 MPa

Unit weight γ ≈ 78.5 kN/m3 Yield strength fy see table below

Modulus of elasticity E  (Young's

210000 MPa Ultimate strength fu see table below
modulus)
Coefficient of linear thermal Poisson's ratio in elastic
12 ×10  °K
-6 -1
0.30
expansion α range ν

Structural Steel Strength Properties for elements with nominal thickness t ≤ 40 mm

EN10025-2  EN10025-3  EN10025-4 

Hot rolled products -  Hot rolled products -  Hot rolled products - 

Normalized/normalized rolled Thermomechanical rolled

Non-alloy structural steels weldable fine grain structural weldable fine grain structural
steels steels

S275 S355 S420 S460 S275 S355 S420

Symbol Description S235 S275 S355 S450
N/NL N/NL N/NL N/NL M/ML M/ML M/ML
fy (MPa) Yield strength 235 275 355 440 275 355 420 460 275 355 420
fu (MPa) Ultimate strength 360 430 490 550 390 490 520 540 370 470 520

EN10025-5  EN10025-6  EN10210-1 

Hot finished structural hollow

Hot rolled products -  Hot rolled products - 
sections - 

Structural steels with High yield strength structur
improved atmospheric al steels in the quenched Non-alloy and fine grain steels
corrosion resistance and tempered condition

S275 S355 S420 S460

S235 W S355 W S460 Q/QL/QL1   S235 H S275 H S355 H
NH/NLH NH/NLH NH/NLH NH/NLH

235 355 460 235 275 355 275 355 420 460
360 490 570 360 430 510 390 490 540 560

EN10219-1 
Cold formed welded structural hollow sections - 
Non-alloy and fine grain steels
S275 S355 S420 S460
S460
S235 H S275 H S355 H S275 NH/NLH S355 NH/NLH MH/ML MH/ML MH/ML MH/ML
NH/NLH
H H H H

235 275 355 275 355 460 275 355 420 460
360 430 510 370 470 550 360 470 500 530
 EN10025-4 

Hot rolled products - 

Thermomechanical rolled
weldable fine grain structural
steels

S460
M/ML
460
540