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Table 5.2 Universal beams (abstracted from the Steelwork Design Guide to BS 59.50: Part 1, published by the Steel
Construction Institute)
(a) Dimensions
Designation Depth Width Thickness Root Depth Ratios for Dimensions for detailing Surface area
of of radius between local buckling
Serial Mass section section Web Flange fillets Flange Web End Notch Per per
size per D B r d b/T d/t clearance metre tonne
metre t T C N n
(mm) (kg) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (m2) (m2)
914 419 388 920.5 420.5 21.5 36.6 24.1 799.1 5.74 37.2 13 210 62 3.44 8.86
343 911.4 418.5 19.4 32.0 24.1 799.1 6.54 41.2 12 210 58 3.42 9.96
914 305 289 926.6 307.8 19.6 32.0 19.1 824.5 4.81 42.1 12 156 52 3.01 10.4
253 918.5 305.5 17.3 27.9 19.1 824.5 5.47 47.7 11 156 48 2.99 11.8
224 910.3 304.1 15.9 23.9 19.1 824.5 6.36 51.9 10 156 44 2.97 13.3
201 903.0 303.4 15.2 20.2 19.1 824.5 7.51 54.2 10 156 40 2.96 14.7
838 292 226 850.9 293.8 16.1 26.8 17.8 761.7 5.48 47.3 10 150 46 2.81 12.5
194 840.7 292.4 14.7 21.7 17.8 761.7 6.74 51.8 9 150 40 2.79 14.4
176 834.9 291.6 14.0 18.8 17.8 761.7 7.76 54.5 9 150 38 2.78 15.8
762 267 197 769.6 268.0 15.6 25.4 16.5 685.8 5.28 44.0 10 138 42 2.55 13.0
173 762.0 266.7 14.3 21.6 16.5 685.8 6.17 48.0 9 138 40 2.53 14.6
147 753.9 265.3 12.9 17.5 16.5 685.8 7.58 53.2 8 138 36 2.51 17.1
686  254 170 692.9 255.8 14.5 23.7 15.2 615.1 5.40 42.4 9 132 40 2.35 13.8
152 687.6 254.5 13.2 21.0 15.2 615.1 6.06 46.6 9 132 38 2.34 15.4
140 683.5 253.7 12.4 19.0 15.2 615.1 6.68 49.6 8 132 36 2.33 16.6
125 677.9 253.0 11.7 16.2 15.2 615.1 7.81 52.6 8 132 32 2.32 18.5
610 305 238 633.0 311.5 18.6 31.4 16.5 537.2 4.96 28.9 11 158 48 2.45 10.3
179 617.5 307.0 14.1 23.6 16.5 537.2 6.50 38.1 9 158 42 2.41 13.4
149 609.6 304.8 11.9 19.7 16.5 537.2 7.74 45.1 8 158 38 2.39 16.0
610 229 140 617.0 230.1 13.1 22.1 12.7 547.3 5.21 41.8 9 120 36 2.11 15.0
125 611.9 229.0 11.9 19.6 12.7 547.3 5.84 46.0 8 120 34 2.09 16.8
113 607.3 228.2 11.2 17.3 12.7 547.3 6.60 48.9 8 120 32 2.08 18.4
101 602.2 227.6 10.6 14.8 12.7 547.3 7.69 51.6 7 120 28 2.07 20.5
533 210 122 544.6 211.9 12.8 21.3 12.7 476.5 4.97 37.2 8 110 36 1.89 15.5
109 539.5 210.7 11.6 18.8 12.7 476.5 5.60 41.1 8 110 32 1.88 17.2
101 536.7 210.1 10.9 17.4 12.7 476.5 6.04 43.7 7 110 32 1.87 18.5
92 533.1 209.3 10.2 15.6 12.7 476.5 6.71 46.7 7 110 30 1.86 20.2
82 528.3 208.7 9.6 13.2 12.7 476.5 7.91 49.6 7 110 26 1.85 22.6
457 191 98 467.4 192.8 11.4 19.6 10.2 407.9 4.92 35.8 8 102 30 1.67 17.0
89 463.6 192.0 10.6 17.7 10.2 407.9 5.42 38.5 7 102 28 166 18.6
82 460.2 191.3 9.9 16.0 10.2 407.9 5.98 41.2 7 102 28 1.65 20.1
74 457.2 190.5 9.1 14.5 10.2 407.9 6.57 44.8 7 102 26 1.64 22.2
67 453.6 189.9 8.5 12.7 10.2 407.9 7.48 48.0 6 102 24 1.63 24.4
457 152 82 465.1 153.5 10.7 18.9 10.2 407.0 4.06 38.0 7 82 30 1.51 18.4
74 461.3 152.7 9.9 17.0 10.2 407.0 4.49 41.1 7 82 28 1.50 20.2
67 457.3 151.9 9.1 15.0 10.2 407.0 5.06 44.7 7 82 26 1.49 22.2
60 454.7 152.9 8.0 13.3 10.2 407.0 5.75 51.0 6 84 24 1.49 24.8
52 449.8 152.4 7.6 10.9 10.2 407.0 6.99 53.6 6 84 22 1.48 28.4
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Table 5.2 Universal beams continued (abstracted from the Steelwork Design Guide to BS 5950: Part 1, published by
the Steel Construction Institute)
(b) Properties
Designation Second moment Radius Elastic Plastic Buckling Torsional Warping Torsional Area
of area of gyration modulus modulus parameter index constant constant of
Serial Mass Axis Axis Axis Axis Axis Axis Axis Axis section
size per x–x y–y x–x y–y x–x y–y x–x y–y u x H J A
metre
(mm) (kg) (cm4) (cm4) (cm) (cm) (cm3) (cm3) (cm3) (cm3) (dm6) (cm4) (cm2)

914  419 388 719 000 45 400 38.1 9.58 15 600 2160 17 700 3340 0.884 26.7 88.7 1730 494
343 625 000 39 200 37.8 9.46 13 700 1870 15 500 2890 0.883 30.1 75.7 1190 437
914  305 289 505 000 15 600 37.0 6.51 10 900 1010 12 600 1600 0.867 31.9 31.2 929 369
253 437 000 13 300 36.8 6.42 9 510 872 10 900 1370 0.866 36.2 26.4 627 323
224 376 000 11 200 36.3 6.27 8 260 738 9 520 1160 0.861 41.3 22.0 421 285
201 326 000 9 430 35.6 6.06 7 210 621 8 360 983 0.853 46.8 18.4 293 256
838  292 226 340 000 11 400 34.3 6.27 7 990 773 9 160 1210 0.87 35.0 19.3 514 289
194 279 000 9 070 33.6 6.06 6 650 620 7 650 974 0.862 41.6 15.2 307 247
176 246 000 7 790 33.1 5.90 5 890 534 6 810 842 0.856 46.5 13.0 222 224
762  267 197 240 000 8 170 30.9 5.71 6 230 610 7 170 959 0.869 33.2 11.3 405 251
173 205 000 6 850 30.5 5.57 5 390 513 6 200 807 0.864 38.1 9.38 267 220
147 169 000 5 470 30.0 5.39 4 480 412 5 170 649 0.857 45.1 7.41 161 188
686 254 170 170 000 6 620 28.0 5.53 4 910 518 5 620 810 0.872 31.8 7.41 307 217
152 150 000 5 780 27.8 5.46 4 370 454 5 000 710 0.871 35.5 6.42 219 194
140 136 000 5 180 27.6 5.38 3 990 408 4 560 638 0.868 38.7 5.72 169 179
125 118 000 4 380 27.2 5.24 3 480 346 4 000 542 0.862 43.9 4.79 116 160
610 305 238 208 000 15 800 26.1 7.22 6 560 1020 7 460 1570 0.886 21.1 14.3 788 304
179 152 000 11 400 25.8 7.08 4 910 743 5 520 1140 0.886 27.5 10.1 341 228
149 125 000 9 300 25.6 6.99 4 090 610 4 570 937 0.886 32.5 8.09 200 190
610 229 140 112 000 4 510 25.0 5.03 3 630 392 4 150 612 0.875 30.5 3.99 217 178
125 98 600 3 930 24.9 4.96 3 220 344 3 680 536 0.873 34.0 3.45 155 160
113 87 400 3 440 24.6 4.88 2 880 301 3 290 470 0.87 37.9 2.99 112 144
101 75 700 2 910 24.2 4.75 2 510 256 2 880 400 0.863 43.0 2.51 77.2 129
533 210 122 76 200 3 390 22.1 4.67 2 800 320 3 200 501 0.876 27.6 2.32 180 156
109 66 700 2 940 21.9 4.60 2 470 279 2 820 435 0.875 30.9 1.99 126 139
101 61 700 2 690 21.8 4.56 2 300 257 2 620 400 0.874 33.1 1.82 102 129
92 55 400 2 390 21.7 4.51 2 080 229 2 370 356 0.872 36.4 1.60 76.2 118
82 47 500 2 010 21.3 4.38 1 800 192 2 060 300 0.865 41.6 1.33 51.3 104
457 191 98 45 700 2 340 19.1 4.33 1 960 243 2 230 378 0.88 25.8 1.17 121 125
89 41 000 2 090 19.0 4.28 1 770 217 2 010 338 0.879 28.3 1.04 90.5 114
82 37 100 1 870 18.8 4.23 1 610 196 1 830 304 0.877 30.9 0.923 69.2 105
74 33 400 1 670 18.7 4.19 1 460 175 1 660 272 0.876 33.9 0.819 52.0 95.0
67 29 400 1 450 18.5 4.12 1 300 153 1 470 237 0.873 37.9 0.706 37.1 85.4
457  152 82 36 200 1 140 18.6 3.31 1 560 149 1 800 235 0.872 27.3 0.569 89.3 104
74 32 400 1 010 18.5 3.26 1 410 133 1 620 209 0.87 30.0 0.499 66.6 95.0
67 28 600 878 18.3 3.21 1 250 116 1 440 182 0.867 33.6 0.429 47.5 85.4
60 25 500 794 18.3 3.23 1 120 104 1 280 163 0.869 37.5 0.387 33.6 75.9
52 21 300 645 17.9 3.11 949 84.6 1 090 133 0.859 43.9 0.311 21.3 66.5
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Table 5.3 Universal columns (abstracted from the Steelwork Design Guide to BS 5950: Part 1, published by the Steel
Construction Institute)
(a) Dimensions
Designation Depth Width Thickness Root Depth Ratios for Dimensions for detailing Surface area
Of Of radius between local buckling
Serial Mass section section Web Flange fillets Flange Web End Notch Per per
size per D B r d b/T d/t clearance metre tonne
metre t T C N n
(mm) (kg) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (m2) (m2)
356 406 634 474.7 424.1 47.6 77.0 15.2 290.2 2.75 6.10 26 200 94 2.52 3.98
551 455.7 418.5 42.0 67.5 15.2 290.2 3.10 6.91 23 200 84 2.48 4.49
467 436.6 412.4 35.9 58.0 15.2 290.2 3.56 8.08 20 200 74 2.42 5.19
393 419.1 407.0 30.6 49.2 15.2 290.2 4.14 9.48 17 200 66 2.38 6.05
340 406.4 403.0 26.5 42.9 15.2 290.2 4.70 11.0 15 200 60 2.35 6.90
287 393.7 399.0 22.6 36.5 15.2 290.2 5.47 12.8 13 200 52 2.31 8.06
235 381.0 395.0 18.5 30.2 15.2 290.2 6.54 15.7 11 200 46 2.28 9.70
COLCORE 477 427.0 424.4 48.0 53.2 15.2 290.2 3.99 6.05 26 200 70 2.43 5.09
356 368 202 374.7 374.4 16.8 27.0 15.2 290.2 6.93 17.3 10 190 44 2.19 10.8
177 368.3 372.1 14.5 23.8 15.2 290.2 7.82 20.0 9 190 40 2.17 12.3
153 362.0 370.2 12.6 20.7 15.2 290.2 8.94 23.0 8 190 36 2.15 14.1
129 355.6 368.3 10.7 17.5 15.2 290.2 10.5 27.1 7 190 34 2.14 16.6
305 305 283 365.3 321.8 26.9 44.1 15.2 246.6 3.65 9.17 15 158 60 1.94 6.85
240 352.6 317.9 23.0 37.7 15.2 246.6 4.22 10.7 14 158 54 1.90 7.93
198 339.9 314.1 19.2 31.4 15.2 246.6 5.00 12.8 12 158 48 1.87 9.45
158 327.2 310.6 15.7 25.0 15.2 246.6 6.21 15.7 10 158 42 1.84 11.6
137 320.5 308.7 13.8 21.7 15.2 246.6 7.11 17.9 9 158 38 1.82 13.3
118 314.5 306.8 11.9 18.7 15.2 246.6 8.20 20.7 8 158 34 1.81 5.3
97 307.8 304.8 9.9 15.4 15.2 246.6 9.90 24.9 7 158 32 1.79 18.4
254 254 167 289.1 264.5 19.2 31.7 12.7 200.3 4.17 10.4 12 134 46 1.58 9.44
132 276.4 261.0 15.6 25.3 12.7 200.3 5.16 12.8 10 134 40 1.54 11.7
107 266.7 258.3 13.0 20.5 12.7 200.3 6.30 15.4 9 134 34 1.52 14.2
89 260.4 255.9 10.5 17.3 12.7 200.3 7.40 19.1 7 134 32 1.50 16.9
13 254.0 254.0 8.6 14.2 12.7 200.3 8.94 23.3 6 134 28 1.49 20.3
203 203 86 222.3 208.8 13.0 20.5 10.2 160.9 5.09 12.4 9 108 32 1.24 14.4
71 215.9 206.2 10.3 17.3 10.2 160.9 5.96 15.6 7 108 28 1.22 17.2
60 209.6 205.2 9.3 14.2 10.2 160.9 7.23 17.3 7 108 26 1.20 20.1
52 206.2 203.9 8.0 12.5 10.2 160.9 8.16 20.1 6 108 24 1.19 23.0
46 203.2 203.2 7.3 11.0 10.2 160.9 9.24 22.0 6 108 22 1.19 25.8
152  152 37 161.8 154.4 8.1 11.5 7.6 123.5 6.71 15.2 6 84 20 0.912 24.6
30 157.5 152.9 6.6 9.4 7.6 123.5 8.13 18.7 5 84 18 0.9 30.0
23 152.4 152.4 6.1 6.8 7.6 123.5 11.2 20.2 5 84 16 0.889 38.7
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Table 5.3 Universal columns continued (abstracted from the Steelwork Design Guide to BS 5950: Part 1, published
by the Steel Construction Institute)
(b) Properties
Designation Second moment Radius Elastic Plastic Buckling Torsional Warping Torsional Area
of area of gyration modulus modulus parameter index constant constant of
Serial Mass Axis Axis Axis Axis Axis Axis Axis Axis section
size per x–x y–y x–x y–y x–x y–y x –x y–y u x H J A
metre
(mm) (kg) (cm 4) (cm 4 ) (cm) (cm) (cm 3 ) (cm 3 ) (cm 3 ) (cm 3 ) (dm 6 ) (cm 4 ) (cm 2 )

356 × 406 634 275 000 98 200 18.5 11.0 11 600 4630 14 200 7110 0.843 5.46 38.8 13 700 808
551 227 000 82 700 18.0 10.9 9 960 3950 12 100 6060 0.841 6.05 31.1 9 240 702
467 183 000 67 900 17.5 10.7 8 390 3290 10 000 5040 0.839 6.86 24.3 5 820 595
393 147 000 55 400 17.1 10.5 7 000 2720 8 230 4160 0.837 7.86 19.0 3 550 501
340 122 000 46 800 16.8 10.4 6 030 2320 6 990 3540 0.836 8.85 15.5 2 340 433
287 100 000 38 700 16.5 10.3 5 080 1940 5 820 2950 0.835 10.2 12.3 1 440 366
235 79 100 31 000 16.2 10.2 4 150 1570 4 690 2380 0.834 12.1 9.54 812 300

COLCORE 477 172 000 68 100 16.8 10.6 8 080 3210 9 700 4980 0.815 6.91 23.8 5 700 607
356 × 368 202 66 300 23 600 16.0 9.57 3 540 1260 3 980 1920 0.844 13.3 7.14 560 258
177 57 200 20 500 15.9 9.52 3 100 1100 3 460 1670 0.844 15.0 6.07 383 226
153 48 500 17 500 15.8 9.46 2 680 944 2 960 1430 0.844 17.0 5.09 251 195
129 40 200 14 600 15.6 9.39 2 260 790 2 480 1200 0.843 19.9 4.16 153 165
305 × 305 283 78 800 24 500 14.8 8.25 4 310 1530 5 100 2340 0.855 7.65 6.33 2 030 360
240 64 200 20 200 14.5 8.14 3 640 1270 4 250 1950 0.854 8.73 5.01 1 270 306
198 50 800 16 200 14.2 8.02 2 990 1030 3 440 1580 0.854 10.2 3.86 734 252
158 38 700 12 500 13.9 7.89 2 370 806 2 680 1230 0.852 12.5 2.86 379 201
137 32 800 10 700 13.7 7.82 2 050 691 2 300 1050 0.851 14.1 2.38 250 175
118 27 600 9 010 13.6 7.75 1 760 587 1 950 892 0.851 16.2 1.97 160 150
97 22 200 7 270 13.4 7.68 1 440 477 1 590 723 0.850 19.3 1.55 91.1 123
254 × 254 167 29 900 9 800 11.9 6.79 2 070 741 2 420 1130 0.852 8.49 1.62 625 212
132 22 600 7 520 11.6 6.67 1 630 576 1 870 879 0.850 10.3 1.18 322 169
107 17 500 5 900 11.3 6.57 1 310 457 1 490 695 0.848 12.4 0.894 173 137
89 14 300 4 850 11.2 6.52 1 100 379 1 230 575 0.849 14.4 0.716 104 114
73 11 400 3 870 11.1 6.46 894 305 989 462 0.849 17.3 0.557 57.3 92.9
203 × 203 86 9 460 3 120 9.27 5.32 851 299 979 456 0.85 10.2 0.317 138 110
71 7 650 2 540 9.16 5.28 708 246 802 374 0.852 11.9 0.25 81.5 91.1
60 6 090 2 040 8.96 5.19 581 199 652 303 0.847 14.1 0.195 46.6 75.8
52 5 260 1 770 8.90 5.16 510 174 568 264 0.848 15.8 0.166 32.0 66.4
46 4 560 1 540 8.81 5.11 449 151 497 230 0.846 17.7 0.142 22.2 58.8
152 × 152 37 2 220 709 6.84 3.87 274 91.8 310 140 0.848 13.3 0.04 19.5 47.4
30 1 740 558 6.75 3.82 221 73.1 247 111 0.848 16.0 0.0306 10.5 38.2
23 1 260 403 6.51 3.68 166 52.9 184 80.9 0.837 20.4 0.0214 4.87 29.8