SHS · EN 10210 · hot finished

SHS 300/6.3

SHS 300/6.3 is a hot-finished square hollow section per EN 10210: side 300 mm, wall thickness 6.3 mm, weight 57.8 kg/m, cross-section area 73.6 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 10550 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 703.1 cm³.

Cross section · mm
yz3003006.3[mm]
300Side a · mm
6.3Wall thickness t · mm
73.59Area A · cm²
57.80Mass G · kg/m
Geometry
Side dimension300.00 mm
Wall thickness t6.30 mm
Outer corner radius ro9.45 mm
Inner corner radius ri6.30 mm
Cross-section area A73.590 cm²
Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³
57.80kg/m
Section properties
I10 550.000 cm⁴
Wel703.100 cm³
Wpl808.800 cm³
i119.70 mm
It16 140.000 cm⁴
Reference
Profile standardEN 10210
EurocodeEN 1993-1-1 (EC3)

Check to EN 1993-1-1

Work out the utilisation of SHS 300/6.3 for your design forces

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

Bending/ —
Shear/ 584.2 kN
Compression/ —

Bending and compression are not available for class 4 sections; effective properties per EN 1993-1-5 are required.

Class4
Resistances and factors
Mc,y,Rd / Mc,z,Rd— / —
Vc,z,Rd / Vc,y,RdA_v = 3680 mm²584.2 kN / 584.2 kN
Npl,Rd / Nb,Rd— / —
Ncr,y / Ncr,z8.75 MN / 8.75 MN
fyEN 10210-1275 MPa
γM0 / γM11.00 / 1.00
Curve a · χ0.93

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.