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Rectangular Tube vs Solid Square Bar

A 100 × 60 × 5 mm steel tube beside a 61.8 mm solid square bar with the same Sy of about 39.3 × 10³ mm³, so equal bending strength about the y axis with the tube using about 40% of the mass (11.8 kg/m against 29.9 kg/m).

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