SHS · EN 10219 · cold formed

SHS 500/16

SHS 500/16 is a cold-formed square hollow section per EN 10219: side 500 mm, wall thickness 16 mm, weight 234.5 kg/m, cross-section area 298.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 114300 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 4570 cm³.

Cross section · mm

500Side a · mm

16Wall thickness t · mm

298.77Area A · cm²

234.50Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Side dimension500.00 mm

Wall thickness t16.00 mm

Outer corner radius r_o48.00 mm

Inner corner radius r_i32.00 mm

Cross-section area A298.770 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³234.50kg/m

Section properties

I114 300.000 cm⁴

W_el4 570.000 cm³

W_pl5 350.000 cm³

i195.60 mm

I_t186 100.000 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/ 1.47 MNm

Shear/ 2.37 MN

Compression/ 7.82 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl1.47 MNm / 1.47 MNm

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 14939 mm²2.37 MN / 2.37 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd8.22 MN / 7.82 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z94.76 MN / 94.76 MN

f_yEN 10219-1275 MPa

γ_M0 / γ_M11.00 / 1.00

Curve c · χ0.95

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.