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 ReferenceSecond Moment of AreaRadius of GyrationElastic ModulusPlastic ModulusBuckling ParameterTorsional IndexWarping ConstantTorsional ConstantArea of Section
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