SHS · EN 10219 · cold formed

SHS 300/16

SHS 300/16 is a cold-formed square hollow section per EN 10219: side 300 mm, wall thickness 16 mm, weight 134.1 kg/m, cross-section area 170.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 22080 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 1472 cm³.

Cross section · mm

300Side a · mm

16Wall thickness t · mm

170.77Area A · cm²

134.10Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Side dimension300.00 mm

Wall thickness t16.00 mm

Outer corner radius r_o48.00 mm

Inner corner radius r_i32.00 mm

Cross-section area A170.770 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³134.10kg/m

Section properties

I22 080.000 cm⁴

W_el1 472.000 cm³

W_pl1 774.000 cm³

i113.70 mm

I_t37 840.000 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/ 487.9 kN·m

Shear/ 1.36 MN

Compression/ 3.94 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl487.9 kN·m / 487.9 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 8539 mm²1.36 MN / 1.36 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd4.70 MN / 3.94 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z18.31 MN / 18.31 MN

f_yEN 10219-1275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve c · χ0.84

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.