Properties - Universal Columns

Welcome to our Universal Column properties page! Here you'll find properties for all UK Universal Column 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
356x406x634	275000	98100	18.4	11	11600	4630	14200	7110	0.843	5.46	38.8	13700	808
356x406x551	227000	82700	18	10.9	9960	3950	12100	6060	0.841	6.05	31.1	9240	702
356x406x467	183000	67800	17.5	10.7	8380	3290	10000	5030	0.839	6.86	24.3	5810	595
356x406x393	147000	55400	17.1	10.5	7000	2720	8220	4150	0.837	7.86	18.9	3550	501
356x406x340	123000	46900	16.8	10.4	6030	2330	7000	3540	0.836	8.85	15.5	2340	433
356x406x287	99900	38700	16.5	10.3	5070	1940	5810	2950	0.835	10.2	12.3	1440	366
356x406x235	79100	31000	16.3	10.2	4150	1570	4690	2380	0.834	12.1	9.54	812	299
356x368x202	66300	23700	16.1	9.6	3540	1260	3970	1920	0.844	13.4	7.16	558	257
356x368x177	57100	20500	15.9	9.54	3100	1100	3460	1670	0.844	15	6.09	381	226
356x368x153	48600	17600	15.8	9.49	2680	948	2960	1430	0.844	17	5.11	251	195
356x368x129	40200	14600	15.6	9.43	2260	793	2480	1200	0.844	19.9	4.18	153	164
305x305x283	78900	24600	14.8	8.27	4320	1530	5110	2340	0.855	7.65	6.35	2030	360
305x305x240	64200	20300	14.5	8.15	3640	1280	4250	1950	0.854	8.74	5.03	1270	306
305x305x198	50900	16300	14.2	8.04	3000	1040	3440	1580	0.854	10.2	3.88	734	252
305x305x158	38700	12600	13.9	7.9	2370	808	2680	1230	0.851	12.5	2.87	378	201
305x305x137	32800	10700	13.7	7.83	2050	692	2300	1050	0.851	14.2	2.39	249	174
305x305x118	27700	9060	13.6	7.77	1760	589	1960	895	0.85	16.2	1.98	161	150
305x305x97	22200	7310	13.4	7.69	1450	479	1590	726	0.85	19.3	1.56	91.2	123
254x254x167	30000	9870	11.9	6.81	2080	744	2420	1140	0.851	8.49	1.63	626	213
254x254x132	22500	7530	11.6	6.69	1630	576	1870	878	0.85	10.3	1.19	319	168
254x254x107	17500	5930	11.3	6.59	1310	458	1480	697	0.848	12.4	0.898	172	136
254x254x89	14300	4860	11.2	6.55	1100	379	1220	575	0.85	14.5	0.717	102	113
254x254x73	11400	3910	11.1	6.48	898	307	992	465	0.849	17.3	0.562	57.6	93.1
203x203x127	15400	4920	9.75	5.5	1280	460	1520	704	0.854	7.38	0.549	427	162
203x203x113	13300	4290	9.59	5.45	1130	404	1330	618	0.853	8.11	0.464	305	145
203x203x100	11300	3680	9.44	5.39	988	350	1150	534	0.852	9.02	0.386	210	127
203x203x86	9450	3130	9.28	5.34	850	299	977	456	0.85	10.2	0.318	137	110
203x203x71	7620	2540	9.18	5.3	706	246	799	374	0.853	11.9	0.25	80.2	90.4
203x203x60	6120	2060	8.96	5.2	584	201	656	305	0.846	14.1	0.197	47.2	76.4
203x203x52	5260	1780	8.91	5.18	510	174	567	264	0.848	15.8	0.167	31.8	66.3
203x203x46	4570	1550	8.82	5.13	450	152	497	231	0.847	17.7	0.143	22.2	58.7
152x152x51	3230	1020	7.04	3.96	379	130	438	199	0.848	10.1	0.061	48.8	65.2
152x152x44	2700	860	6.94	3.92	326	110	372	169	0.848	11.5	0.05	31.7	56.1
152x152x37	2210	706	6.85	3.87	273	91.5	309	140	0.848	13.3	0.04	19.2	47.1
152x152x30	1750	560	6.76	3.83	222	73.3	248	112	0.849	16	0.031	10.5	38.3
152x152x23	1250	400	6.54	3.7	164	52.6	182	80.1	0.84	20.7	0.021	4.63	29.2