RHS · EN 10210 · hot finished

RHS 300×200/8

RHS 300×200/8 is a hot-finished rectangular hollow section per EN 10210: height 300 mm, width 200 mm, wall thickness 8 mm, weight 60.3 kg/m, cross-section area 76.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 9717 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 647.8 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yz2003008[mm]
300Height h · mm
200Width b · mm
76.75Area A · cm²
60.30Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Height h300.00 mm
Width b200.00 mm
Wall thickness t8.00 mm
Outer corner radius ro12.00 mm
Inner corner radius ri8.00 mm
Cross-section area A76.750 cm²
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
60.30kg/m
Section properties
I9 717.000 cm⁴5 184.000 cm⁴
Wel647.800 cm³518.400 cm³
Wpl779.300 cm³589.200 cm³
It10 560.000 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10210
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of RHS 300×200/8 for your design forces

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

Bending/ 214.3 kN·m
Shear/ 731.1 kN
Compression/ 1.79 MN
Class1 / 2bending / compression
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,RdW_pl214.3 kN·m / 162.0 kN·m
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 4605 mm²731.1 kN / 487.4 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd2.11 MN / 1.79 MN
Ncr,y / Ncr,z8.06 MN / 4.30 MN
fyEN 10210-1275 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve a · χ0.85

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.