SHS · EN 10210 · hot finished

SHS 260/16

SHS 260/16 is a hot-finished square hollow section per EN 10210: side 260 mm, wall thickness 16 mm, weight 120.4 kg/m, cross-section area 153.4 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 15060 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 1159 cm³.

Cross section · mm

260Side a · mm

16Wall thickness t · mm

153.41Area A · cm²

120.40Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Side dimension260.00 mm

Wall thickness t16.00 mm

Outer corner radius r_o24.00 mm

Inner corner radius r_i16.00 mm

Cross-section area A153.410 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³120.40kg/m

Section properties

I15 060.000 cm⁴

W_el1 159.000 cm³

W_pl1 394.000 cm³

i99.10 mm

I_t23 940.000 cm⁴

Reference

Profile standardEN 10210

EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of SHS 260/16 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/ 383.4 kN·m

Shear/ 1.22 MN

Compression/ 3.78 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl383.4 kN·m / 383.4 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 7671 mm²1.22 MN / 1.22 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd4.22 MN / 3.78 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z12.49 MN / 12.49 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.