SHS · EN 10210 · hot finished

SHS 120/5

SHS 120/5 is a hot-finished square hollow section per EN 10210: side 120 mm, wall thickness 5 mm, weight 17.8 kg/m, cross-section area 22.7 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 497.7 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 83 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yz1201205[mm]
120Side a · mm
5Wall thickness t · mm
22.73Area A · cm²
17.80Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Side dimension120.00 mm
Wall thickness t5.00 mm
Outer corner radius ro7.50 mm
Inner corner radius ri5.00 mm
Cross-section area A22.730 cm²
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³17.80kg/m
Section properties
I497.700 cm⁴
Wel82.950 cm³
Wpl97.590 cm³
i46.80 mm
It776.500 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10210
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/ 26.8 kN·m
Shear/ 180.4 kN
Compression/ 319.3 kN
Class1
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,RdW_pl26.8 kN·m / 26.8 kN·m
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 1137 mm²180.4 kN / 180.4 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd625.1 kN / 319.3 kN
Ncr,y / Ncr,z412.6 kN / 412.6 kN
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve a · χ0.51

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