CHS · EN 10219 · cold formed

CHS 244.5/12

CHS 244.5/12 is a cold-formed circular hollow section per EN 10219: outer diameter 244.5 mm, wall thickness 12 mm, weight 68.8 kg/m, cross-section area 87.7 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 5938 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 485.8 cm³.

Cross section · mm

244.5Outer diameter d · mm

12Wall thickness t · mm

87.65Area A · cm²

68.80Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Outer diameter d244.50 mm

Wall thickness t12.00 mm

Cross-section area A87.650 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³68.80kg/m

Section properties

Moment of inertia I5 938.000 cm⁴

W_el485.800 cm³

W_pl649.300 cm³

Radius of gyration i82.30 mm

Torsion constant I_t11 880.000 cm⁴

Reference

Profile standardEN 10219

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of CHS 244.5/12 for your design forces

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

Bending/ 178.6 kN·m

Shear/ 885.9 kN

Compression/ 1.75 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl178.6 kN·m / 178.6 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 5580 mm²885.9 kN / 885.9 kN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd2.41 MN / 1.75 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z4.92 MN / 4.92 MN

f_yEN 10219-1275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve c · χ0.72

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.