SHS · EN 10219 · cold formed

SHS 260/12

SHS 260/12 is a cold-formed square hollow section per EN 10219: side 260 mm, wall thickness 12 mm, weight 88.6 kg/m, cross-section area 112.9 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 11200 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 861.5 cm³.

Cross section · mm

260Side a · mm

12Wall thickness t · mm

112.86Area A · cm²

88.60Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Side dimension260.00 mm

Wall thickness t12.00 mm

Outer corner radius r_o36.00 mm

Inner corner radius r_i24.00 mm

Cross-section area A112.860 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³88.60kg/m

Section properties

I11 200.000 cm⁴

W_el861.500 cm³

W_pl1 028.000 cm³

i99.60 mm

I_t18 880.000 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/ 282.7 kN·m

Shear/ 895.9 kN

Compression/ 2.48 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl282.7 kN·m / 282.7 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 5643 mm²895.9 kN / 895.9 kN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd3.10 MN / 2.48 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z9.29 MN / 9.29 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.