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Steel hollow sections: circular, square and rectangular

Compare circular, square and rectangular hollow sections by mass and section properties.

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Steel hollow sections

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DesignationMain dimensionsAMassIxIyWxWy
33.7 × 3.2D=33.7 mm · t=3.2 mm3.0662 cm²2.407 kg/m3.6047 cm⁴3.6047 cm⁴2.1393 cm³2.1393 cm³
42.4 × 3.2D=42.4 mm · t=3.2 mm3.9408 cm²3.0935 kg/m7.62 cm⁴7.62 cm⁴3.5943 cm³3.5943 cm³
48.3 × 3.2D=48.3 mm · t=3.2 mm4.5339 cm²3.5591 kg/m11.586 cm⁴11.586 cm⁴4.7974 cm³4.7974 cm³
60.3 × 3.6D=60.3 mm · t=3.6 mm6.4126 cm²5.0339 kg/m25.874 cm⁴25.874 cm⁴8.5817 cm³8.5817 cm³
76.1 × 3.6D=76.1 mm · t=3.6 mm8.1996 cm²6.4367 kg/m54.006 cm⁴54.006 cm⁴14.194 cm³14.194 cm³
88.9 × 4D=88.9 mm · t=4 mm10.669 cm²8.375 kg/m96.34 cm⁴96.34 cm⁴21.674 cm³21.674 cm³
101.6 × 4D=101.6 mm · t=4 mm12.265 cm²9.6279 kg/m146.28 cm⁴146.28 cm⁴28.796 cm³28.796 cm³
114.3 × 5D=114.3 mm · t=5 mm17.169 cm²13.478 kg/m256.92 cm⁴256.92 cm⁴44.955 cm³44.955 cm³
139.7 × 5D=139.7 mm · t=5 mm21.159 cm²16.61 kg/m480.54 cm⁴480.54 cm⁴68.796 cm³68.796 cm³
168.3 × 6D=168.3 mm · t=6 mm30.593 cm²24.015 kg/m1,008.7 cm⁴1,008.7 cm⁴119.87 cm³119.87 cm³
30 × 30 × 2.5a=30 mm · t=2.5 mm · r=3 mm2.75 cm²2.1588 kg/m3.4948 cm⁴3.4948 cm⁴2.3299 cm³2.3299 cm³
40 × 40 × 3a=40 mm · t=3 mm · r=3 mm4.44 cm²3.4854 kg/m10.197 cm⁴10.197 cm⁴5.0986 cm³5.0986 cm³
50 × 50 × 3a=50 mm · t=3 mm · r=3 mm5.64 cm²4.4274 kg/m20.849 cm⁴20.849 cm⁴8.3397 cm³8.3397 cm³
60 × 60 × 4a=60 mm · t=4 mm · r=4 mm8.96 cm²7.0336 kg/m47.07 cm⁴47.07 cm⁴15.69 cm³15.69 cm³
80 × 80 × 4a=80 mm · t=4 mm · r=4 mm12.16 cm²9.5456 kg/m117.38 cm⁴117.38 cm⁴29.346 cm³29.346 cm³
100 × 100 × 5a=100 mm · t=5 mm · r=5 mm19 cm²14.915 kg/m286.58 cm⁴286.58 cm⁴57.317 cm³57.317 cm³
120 × 120 × 5a=120 mm · t=5 mm · r=5 mm23 cm²18.055 kg/m507.92 cm⁴507.92 cm⁴84.653 cm³84.653 cm³
150 × 150 × 6a=150 mm · t=6 mm · r=6 mm34.56 cm²27.13 kg/m1,196.5 cm⁴1,196.5 cm⁴159.53 cm³159.53 cm³
40 × 20 × 2h=40 mm · b=20 mm · t=2 mm · r=3 mm2.24 cm²1.7584 kg/m4.4459 cm⁴1.4379 cm⁴2.2229 cm³1.4379 cm³
50 × 30 × 2.5h=50 mm · b=30 mm · t=2.5 mm · r=3 mm3.75 cm²2.9438 kg/m12.266 cm⁴5.3906 cm⁴4.9063 cm³3.5938 cm³
60 × 40 × 3h=60 mm · b=40 mm · t=3 mm · r=3 mm5.64 cm²4.4274 kg/m27.385 cm⁴14.313 cm⁴9.1284 cm³7.1566 cm³
80 × 40 × 3h=80 mm · b=40 mm · t=3 mm · r=3 mm6.84 cm²5.3694 kg/m55.853 cm⁴18.429 cm⁴13.963 cm³9.2146 cm³
100 × 50 × 4h=100 mm · b=50 mm · t=4 mm · r=4 mm11.36 cm²8.9176 kg/m144.13 cm⁴47.366 cm⁴28.825 cm³18.946 cm³
120 × 60 × 4h=120 mm · b=60 mm · t=4 mm · r=4 mm13.76 cm²10.802 kg/m255.2 cm⁴84.766 cm⁴42.533 cm³28.255 cm³
150 × 100 × 5h=150 mm · b=100 mm · t=5 mm · r=5 mm24 cm²18.84 kg/m754.5 cm⁴399.5 cm⁴100.6 cm³79.9 cm³
200 × 100 × 6h=200 mm · b=100 mm · t=6 mm · r=6 mm34.56 cm²27.13 kg/m1,793.9 cm⁴599.03 cm⁴179.39 cm³119.81 cm³

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