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<section version="3.0" id="168-3x6-4chs" category="CHS">
  <designation>168.3x6.4CHS</designation>
  <name>168.3x6.4CHS Circular Hollow Section</name>
  <shape>CHS</shape>
  <productStandard ref="AS-NZS-1163"/>
  <dimensions>
    <dim key="D" unit="mm" label="Outside diameter" status="UNVERIFIED">168.3</dim>
    <dim key="t" unit="mm" label="Thickness" status="UNVERIFIED">6.4</dim>
  </dimensions>
  <properties>
    <prop key="A" unit="mm2" label="Gross area" status="CALCULATED">3255</prop>
    <prop key="mass" unit="kg/m" label="Mass per metre" status="CALCULATED">25.5533</prop>
    <prop key="Ix" unit="mm4" label="Second moment of area Ix" status="CALCULATED">10682147</prop>
    <prop key="Zx" unit="mm3" label="Elastic section modulus Zx (min)" status="CALCULATED">126942</prop>
    <prop key="Sx" unit="mm3" label="Plastic section modulus Sx" status="CALCULATED">167842</prop>
    <prop key="rx" unit="mm" label="Radius of gyration rx" status="CALCULATED">57.285</prop>
    <prop key="Iy" unit="mm4" label="Second moment of area Iy" status="CALCULATED">10682147</prop>
    <prop key="Zy" unit="mm3" label="Elastic section modulus Zy (min)" status="CALCULATED">126942</prop>
    <prop key="Sy" unit="mm3" label="Plastic section modulus Sy" status="CALCULATED">167842</prop>
    <prop key="ry" unit="mm" label="Radius of gyration ry" status="CALCULATED">57.285</prop>
    <prop key="J" unit="mm4" label="Torsion constant J" status="CALCULATED" note="Exact (2I)">21364293</prop>
    <prop key="extArea" unit="m2/m" label="External surface area" status="CALCULATED">0.5287</prop>
    <prop key="intArea" unit="m2/m" label="Internal surface area" status="CALCULATED">0.4885</prop>
  </properties>
  <source>
    <publisher>Pending verification – nominal dimensions entered by the application developer</publisher>
    <document>AS/NZS 1163:2016 Cold-formed structural steel hollow sections</document>
    <edition>2016</edition>
    <publicationYear>2016</publicationYear>
    <pageReference/>
    <lastUpdated>2026-10-12</lastUpdated>
    <verificationStatus>UNVERIFIED</verificationStatus>
    <notes>Typical grade: C350L0. Nominal dimensions require verification against AS/NZS 1163 and the manufacturer catalogue.</notes>
  </source>
  <tags/>
</section>
