SHS · EN 10219 · cold formed

SHS 400/16

SHS 400/16 is a cold-formed square hollow section per EN 10219: side 400 mm, wall thickness 16 mm, weight 184.3 kg/m, cross-section area 234.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 56150 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 2808 cm³.

Cross section · mm

400Side a · mm

16Wall thickness t · mm

234.77Area A · cm²

184.30Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Side dimension400.00 mm

Wall thickness t16.00 mm

Outer corner radius r_o48.00 mm

Inner corner radius r_i32.00 mm

Cross-section area A234.770 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³184.30kg/m

Section properties

I56 150.000 cm⁴

W_el2 808.000 cm³

W_pl3 322.000 cm³

i154.70 mm

I_t93 280.000 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/ 913.5 kN·m

Shear/ 1.86 MN

Compression/ 5.89 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl913.5 kN·m / 913.5 kN·m

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 11739 mm²1.86 MN / 1.86 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd6.46 MN / 5.89 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z46.55 MN / 46.55 MN

f_yEN 10219-1275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve c · χ0.91

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.