SHS · EN 10219 · cold formed

SHS 500/20

SHS 500/20 is a cold-formed square hollow section per EN 10219: side 500 mm, wall thickness 20 mm, weight 288 kg/m, cross-section area 366.8 cm², moment of inertia Iy = 137100 cm⁴, elastic section modulus Wel,y = 5484 cm³.

Cross section · mm

500Side a · mm

20Wall thickness t · mm

366.83Area A · cm²

288.00Mass G · kg/m

Geometry

Side dimension500.00 mm

Wall thickness t20.00 mm

Outer corner radius r_o60.00 mm

Inner corner radius r_i40.00 mm

Cross-section area A366.830 cm²

Weight G
steel 7850 kg/m³288.00kg/m

Section properties

I137 100.000 cm⁴

W_el5 484.000 cm³

W_pl6 488.000 cm³

i193.30 mm

I_t227 700.000 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/ 1.72 MNm

Shear/ 2.81 MN

Compression/ 9.26 MN

Steelγ_M0γ_M1L_crmmkf_y265MPaClass1

Resistances and factors

M_c,y,Rd / M_c,z,RdW_pl1.72 MNm / 1.72 MNm

V_c,z,Rd / V_c,y,RdA_v = 18342 mm²2.81 MN / 2.81 MN

N_pl,Rd / N_b,Rd9.72 MN / 9.26 MN

N_cr,y / N_cr,z113.66 MN / 113.66 MN

f_yt = 20.0 mm > 16 mm, EN 10219-1265 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.