RHS · EN 10210 · hot finished

RHS 300×200/16

RHS 300×200/16 is a hot-finished rectangular hollow section per EN 10210: height 300 mm, width 200 mm, wall thickness 16 mm, weight 115.4 kg/m, cross-section area 147 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 17390 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 1159 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yz20030016[mm]
300Height h · mm
200Width b · mm
147.01Area A · cm²
115.40Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Height h300.00 mm
Width b200.00 mm
Wall thickness t16.00 mm
Outer corner radius ro24.00 mm
Inner corner radius ri16.00 mm
Cross-section area A147.010 cm²
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³115.40kg/m
Section properties
I17 390.000 cm⁴9 109.000 cm⁴
Wel1 159.000 cm³910.900 cm³
Wpl1 441.000 cm³1 080.000 cm³
It19 250.000 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10210
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of RHS 300×200/16 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/ 396.3 kN·m
Shear/ 1.40 MN
Compression/ 3.37 MN
Class1
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,RdW_pl396.3 kN·m / 297.0 kN·m
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 8821 mm²1.40 MN / 933.6 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd4.04 MN / 3.37 MN
Ncr,y / Ncr,z14.42 MN / 7.55 MN
fyEN 10210-1275 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve a · χ0.83

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.