RHS · EN 10219 · cold formed

RHS 250×150/5

RHS 250×150/5 is a cold-formed rectangular hollow section per EN 10219: height 250 mm, width 150 mm, wall thickness 5 mm, weight 30.1 kg/m, cross-section area 38.4 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 3304 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 264.3 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yz1502505[mm]
250Height h · mm
150Width b · mm
38.36Area A · cm²
30.10Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Height h250.00 mm
Width b150.00 mm
Wall thickness t5.00 mm
Outer corner radius ro10.00 mm
Inner corner radius ri5.00 mm
Cross-section area A38.360 cm²
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³30.10kg/m
Section properties
I3 304.000 cm⁴1 508.000 cm⁴
Wel264.300 cm³201.100 cm³
Wpl319.800 cm³225.500 cm³
It3 285.000 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10219
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

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

Bending/ 87.9 kN·m
Shear/ 380.7 kN
Compression/ 620.8 kN
Class1
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,RdW_pl87.9 kN·m / 62.0 kN·m
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 2398 mm²380.7 kN / 228.4 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd1.05 MN / 620.8 kN
Ncr,y / Ncr,z2.74 MN / 1.25 MN
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve c · χ0.59

Simplified checks per EN 1993-1-1, without M+N+V interaction and without lateral-torsional buckling. Verify with a full design.