SHS · EN 10219 · cold formed

SHS 250/5

SHS 250/5 is a cold-formed square hollow section per EN 10219: side 250 mm, wall thickness 5 mm, weight 38 kg/m, cross-section area 48.4 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 4805 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 384.4 cm³.

Cross section · mm

250Side a · mm

5Wall thickness t · mm

48.36Area A · cm²

38.00Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Side dimension250.00 mm

Wall thickness t5.00 mm

Outer corner radius r_o10.00 mm

Inner corner radius r_i5.00 mm

Cross-section area A48.360 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³38.00kg/m

Section properties

I4 805.000 cm⁴

W_el384.400 cm³

W_pl442.300 cm³

i99.70 mm

I_t7 443.000 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/ —

Shear/ 383.9 kN

Compression/ —

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

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass4

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,Rd— / —

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 2418 mm²383.9 kN / 383.9 kN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd— / —

N_cr,y / N_cr,z3.98 MN / 3.98 MN

f_yEN 10219-1275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve c · χ0.80

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.