I need to use a steel pipe as vertical support for the beam above it. The weight it needs to support is up to 5000 kg. The steel pipe length is 260 cm and the diameter should be between 6 and 8 cm.
Question: How thick should be the pipe wall (in millimetres) for three options (6, 7, 8 cm), to be able to support this weight?Is there a formula or an online calculator which I can use to calculate this?