SHS · EN 10210 · hot finished

SHS 260/10

SHS 260/10 is a hot-finished square hollow section per EN 10210: side 260 mm, wall thickness 10 mm, weight 77.7 kg/m, cross-section area 98.9 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 10240 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 787.9 cm³.

Cross section · mm

260Side a · mm

10Wall thickness t · mm

98.93Area A · cm²

77.70Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Side dimension260.00 mm

Wall thickness t10.00 mm

Outer corner radius r_o15.00 mm

Inner corner radius r_i10.00 mm

Cross-section area A98.930 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³77.70kg/m

Section properties

I10 240.000 cm⁴

W_el787.900 cm³

W_pl923.600 cm³

i101.80 mm

I_t15 930.000 cm⁴

Reference

Profile standardEN 10210

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of SHS 260/10 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/ 254.0 kN·m

Shear/ 785.4 kN

Compression/ 2.46 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl254.0 kN·m / 254.0 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 4947 mm²785.4 kN / 785.4 kN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd2.72 MN / 2.46 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z8.49 MN / 8.49 MN

f_yEN 10210-1275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve a · χ0.90

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.