Properties - Universal Beams

Welcome to our Universal Beam properties page! Here you'll find properties for all UK Universal Beam steel sections described by the Steelwork Design Guide to BS5950-1:2000, Volume 1, Section Properties, Member Capacities, 7th Edition (also known as The Blue Book). Sort the table below according to any property and select a CAD file to download using the reference links in the left-most column.

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Section Reference	Second Moment of Area		Radius of Gyration		Elastic Modulus		Plastic Modulus		Buckling Parameter	Torsional Index	Warping Constant	Torsional Constant	Area of Section
	Axis x-x	Axis y-y	Axis x-x	Axis y-y	Axis x-x	Axis y-y	Axis x-x	Axis y-y
	cm⁴	cm⁴	cm	cm	cm³	cm³	cm³	cm³	u	x	H dm⁶	J cm⁴	A cm²
1016x305x487	1022000	26700	40.6	6.57	19700	1730	23200	2800	0.867	21.1	64.4	4300	620
1016x305x437	910000	23400	40.4	6.49	17700	1540	20800	2470	0.868	23.1	56	3190	557
1016x305x393	808000	20500	40.2	6.4	15900	1350	18500	2170	0.868	25.5	48.4	2330	500
1016x305x349	723000	18500	40.3	6.44	14300	1220	16600	1940	0.872	27.9	43.3	1720	445
1016x305x314	644000	16200	40.1	6.37	12900	1080	14800	1710	0.872	30.7	37.7	1260	400
1016x305x272	554000	14000	40	6.35	11200	934	12800	1470	0.873	35	32.2	835	347
1016x305x249	481000	11800	39	6.09	9820	784	11300	1240	0.861	39.8	26.8	582	317
1016x305x222	408000	9550	38	5.81	8410	636	9810	1020	0.85	45.7	21.5	390	283
914x419x388	720000	45400	38.2	9.59	15600	2160	17700	3340	0.885	26.7	88.9	1730	494
914x419x343	626000	39200	37.8	9.46	13700	1870	15500	2890	0.883	30.1	75.8	1190	437
914x305x289	504000	15600	37	6.51	10900	1010	12600	1600	0.867	31.9	31.2	926	368
914x305x253	436000	13300	36.8	6.42	9500	871	10900	1370	0.866	36.2	26.4	626	323
914x305x224	376000	11200	36.3	6.27	8270	739	9530	1160	0.861	41.3	22.1	422	286
914x305x201	325000	9420	35.7	6.07	7200	621	8350	982	0.854	46.8	18.4	291	256
838x292x226	340000	11400	34.3	6.27	7980	773	9160	1210	0.87	35	19.3	514	289
838x292x194	279000	9070	33.6	6.06	6640	620	7640	974	0.862	41.6	15.2	306	247
838x292x176	246000	7800	33.1	5.9	5890	535	6810	842	0.856	46.5	13	221	224
762x267x197	240000	8170	30.9	5.71	6230	610	7170	958	0.869	33.2	11.3	404	251
762x267x173	205000	6850	30.5	5.58	5390	514	6200	807	0.864	38.1	9.39	267	220
762x267x147	169000	5460	30	5.4	4470	411	5160	647	0.858	45.2	7.4	159	187
762x267x134	151000	4790	29.7	5.3	4020	362	4640	570	0.854	49.8	6.46	119	171
686x254x170	170000	6630	28	5.53	4920	518	5630	811	0.872	31.8	7.42	308	217
686x254x152	150000	5780	27.8	5.46	4370	455	5000	710	0.871	35.5	6.42	220	194
686x254x140	136000	5180	27.6	5.39	3990	409	4560	638	0.868	38.7	5.72	169	178
686x254x125	118000	4380	27.2	5.24	3480	346	3990	542	0.862	43.9	4.8	116	159
610x305x238	209000	15800	26.3	7.23	6590	1020	7490	1570	0.886	21.3	14.5	785	303
610x305x179	153000	11400	25.9	7.07	4930	743	5550	1140	0.886	27.7	10.2	340	228
610x305x149	126000	9310	25.7	7	4110	611	4590	937	0.886	32.7	8.17	200	190
610x229x140	112000	4510	25	5.03	3620	391	4140	611	0.875	30.6	3.99	216	178
610x229x125	98600	3930	24.9	4.97	3220	343	3680	535	0.873	34.1	3.45	154	159
610x229x113	87300	3430	24.6	4.88	2870	301	3280	469	0.87	38	2.99	111	144
610x229x101	75800	2910	24.2	4.75	2520	256	2880	400	0.864	43.1	2.52	77	129
610x178x100	72500	1660	23.8	3.6	2390	185	2790	296	0.855	38.7	1.44	95	128
610x178x92	64600	1440	23.4	3.5	2140	161	2510	258	0.848	42.8	1.24	71	117
610x178x82	55900	1210	23.2	3.4	1870	136	2190	218	0.843	48.5	1.04	48.8	104
533x312x273	199000	20600	23.9	7.69	6890	1290	7870	1990	0.89	15.9	15	1290	348
533x312x219	151000	15600	23.3	7.48	5400	982	6120	1510	0.884	19.8	11	642	279
533x312x182	123000	12700	23.1	7.4	4480	806	5040	1240	0.885	23.5	8.77	373	231
533x312x151	101000	10300	22.9	7.32	3710	659	4150	1010	0.885	27.9	7.01	216	192
533x210x138	86100	3860	22.1	4.68	3140	361	3610	568	0.873	25	2.67	250	176
533x210x122	76000	3390	22.1	4.67	2790	320	3200	500	0.877	27.6	2.32	178	155
533x210x109	66800	2940	21.9	4.6	2480	279	2830	436	0.875	30.9	1.99	126	139
533x210x101	61500	2690	21.9	4.57	2290	256	2610	399	0.874	33.2	1.81	101	129
533x210x92	55200	2390	21.7	4.51	2070	228	2360	355	0.872	36.5	1.6	75.7	117
533x210x82	47500	2010	21.3	4.38	1800	192	2060	300	0.864	41.6	1.33	51.5	105
533x165x85	48500	1270	21.2	3.44	1820	153	2100	243	0.862	35.5	0.857	73.8	108
533x165x75	41100	1040	20.8	3.3	1550	125	1810	200	0.853	41.1	0.691	47.9	95.2
533x165x66	35000	859	20.5	3.2	1340	104	1560	166	0.847	47	0.566	32	83.7
457x191x161	79800	4250	19.7	4.55	3240	426	3780	672	0.882	16.4	2.25	515	206
457x191x133	63800	3350	19.4	4.44	2660	341	3070	535	0.88	19.6	1.73	292	170
457x191x106	48900	2510	19	4.32	2080	259	2390	405	0.877	24.4	1.27	146	135
457x191x98	45700	2350	19.1	4.33	1960	243	2230	379	0.881	25.7	1.18	121	125
457x191x89	41000	2090	19	4.29	1770	218	2010	338	0.88	28.3	1.04	90.7	114
457x191x82	37100	1870	18.8	4.23	1610	196	1830	304	0.877	30.9	0.922	69.2	104
457x191x74	33300	1670	18.8	4.2	1460	176	1650	272	0.877	33.9	0.818	51.8	94.6
457x191x67	29400	1450	18.5	4.12	1300	153	1470	237	0.872	37.9	0.705	37.1	85.5
457x152x82	36600	1180	18.7	3.37	1570	153	1810	240	0.873	27.4	0.591	89.2	105
457x152x74	32700	1050	18.6	3.33	1410	136	1630	213	0.873	30.1	0.518	65.9	94.5
457x152x67	28900	913	18.4	3.27	1260	119	1450	187	0.869	33.6	0.448	47.7	85.6
457x152x60	25500	795	18.3	3.23	1120	104	1290	163	0.868	37.5	0.387	33.8	76.2
457x152x52	21400	645	17.9	3.11	950	84.6	1100	133	0.859	43.9	0.311	21.4	66.6
406x178x85	31700	1830	17.1	4.11	1520	201	1730	313	0.881	24.4	0.728	93	109
406x178x74	27300	1550	17	4.04	1320	172	1500	267	0.882	27.6	0.608	62.8	94.5
406x178x67	24300	1360	16.9	3.99	1190	153	1350	237	0.88	30.5	0.533	46.1	85.5
406x178x60	21600	1200	16.8	3.97	1060	135	1200	209	0.88	33.8	0.466	33.3	76.5
406x178x54	18700	1020	16.5	3.85	930	115	1050	178	0.871	38.3	0.392	23.1	69
406x140x53	18300	635	16.4	3.06	899	88.6	1030	139	0.87	34.1	0.246	29	67.9
406x140x46	15700	538	16.4	3.03	778	75.7	888	118	0.871	38.9	0.207	19	58.6
406x140x39	12500	410	15.9	2.87	629	57.8	724	90.8	0.858	47.5	0.155	10.7	49.7
356x171x67	19500	1360	15.1	3.99	1070	157	1210	243	0.886	24.4	0.412	55.7	85.5
356x171x57	16000	1110	14.9	3.91	896	129	1010	199	0.882	28.8	0.33	33.4	72.6
356x171x51	14100	968	14.8	3.86	796	113	896	174	0.881	32.1	0.286	23.8	64.9
356x171x45	12100	811	14.5	3.76	687	94.8	775	147	0.874	36.8	0.237	15.8	57.3
356x127x39	10200	358	14.3	2.68	576	56.8	659	89	0.871	35.2	0.105	15.1	49.8
356x127x33	8250	280	14	2.58	473	44.7	543	70.2	0.863	42.2	0.081	8.79	42.1
305x165x54	11700	1060	13	3.93	754	127	846	196	0.889	23.6	0.234	34.8	68.8
305x165x46	9900	896	13	3.9	646	108	720	166	0.891	27.1	0.195	22.2	58.7
305x165x40	8500	764	12.9	3.86	560	92.6	623	142	0.889	31	0.164	14.7	51.3
305x127x48	9570	461	12.5	2.74	616	73.6	711	116	0.873	23.3	0.102	31.8	61.2
305x127x42	8200	389	12.4	2.7	534	62.6	614	98.4	0.872	26.5	0.0846	21.1	53.4
305x127x37	7170	336	12.3	2.67	471	54.5	539	85.4	0.872	29.7	0.0725	14.8	47.2
305x102x33	6500	194	12.5	2.15	416	37.9	481	60	0.866	31.6	0.0442	12.2	41.8
305x102x28	5370	155	12.2	2.08	348	30.5	403	48.4	0.859	37.4	0.0349	7.4	35.9
305x102x25	4460	123	11.9	1.97	292	24.2	342	38.8	0.846	43.4	0.027	4.77	31.6
254x146x43	6540	677	10.9	3.52	504	92	566	141	0.891	21.2	0.103	23.9	54.8
254x146x37	5540	571	10.8	3.48	433	78	483	119	0.89	24.3	0.0857	15.3	47.2
254x146x31	4410	448	10.5	3.36	351	61.3	393	94.1	0.88	29.6	0.066	8.55	39.7
254x102x28	4000	179	10.5	2.22	308	34.9	353	54.8	0.874	27.5	0.028	9.57	36.1
254x102x25	3410	149	10.3	2.15	266	29.2	306	46	0.866	31.5	0.023	6.42	32
254x102x22	2840	119	10.1	2.06	224	23.5	259	37.3	0.856	36.4	0.0182	4.15	28
203x133x30	2900	385	8.71	3.17	280	57.5	314	88.2	0.881	21.5	0.0374	10.3	38.2
203x133x25	2340	308	8.56	3.1	230	46.2	258	70.9	0.877	25.6	0.0294	5.96	32
203x102x23	2100	164	8.46	2.36	207	32.2	234	49.7	0.888	22.5	0.0154	7.02	29.4
178x102x19	1360	137	7.48	2.37	153	27	171	41.6	0.888	22.6	0.0099	4.41	24.3
152x89x16	834	89.8	6.41	2.1	109	20.2	123	31.2	0.89	19.6	0.0047	3.56	20.3
127x76x13	473	55.7	5.35	1.84	74.6	14.7	84.2	22.6	0.895	16.3	0.002	2.85	16.5