SHS · EN 10219 · cold formed

SHS 260/8

SHS 260/8 is a cold-formed square hollow section per EN 10219: side 260 mm, wall thickness 8 mm, weight 61.6 kg/m, cross-section area 78.4 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 8178 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 629.1 cm³.

Cross section · mm

260Side a · mm

8Wall thickness t · mm

78.44Area A · cm²

61.60Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Side dimension260.00 mm

Wall thickness t8.00 mm

Outer corner radius r_o20.00 mm

Inner corner radius r_i12.00 mm

Cross-section area A78.440 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³61.60kg/m

Section properties

I8 178.000 cm⁴

W_el629.100 cm³

W_pl733.900 cm³

i102.10 mm

I_t13 090.000 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/ 201.8 kN·m

Shear/ 622.7 kN

Compression/ 1.74 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl201.8 kN·m / 201.8 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 3922 mm²622.7 kN / 622.7 kN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd2.16 MN / 1.74 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z6.78 MN / 6.78 MN

f_yEN 10219-1275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve c · χ0.81

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.