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Steel Section Index

Universal Columns...BS 4-1:1971 (Superseded by BS 4: 1993)

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Properties

I= Moment Of Inertia, R= Radius Of Gyration, Z= Section Modulus (Elastic Modulus) = I/ymax,

 
Serial Size Mass; per m I R Z Ratio D/T
Axis xx Axis y-y Axis x-x Axis y-y Axis x-x Axis y-y
Gross Net
mm kg cm 4 cm 4 cm 4 cm cm cm 3 cm 3
356 x 406 634 275140 243076 98211 18.5 11.0 11592 4632 6.2
 551 227023 200312 82665 18.0 10.9 9964 3951 6.8
  467 183118 161331 67905 17.5 10.7 8388 3293 7.5
  393 146765 129159 55410 17.1 10.5 7004 2723 8.5
  340 122474 107667 46816 16.8 10.4 6027 2324 9.5
  287 99994 87843 38714 16.5 10.3 5080 1940 10.8
  235 79110 69424 31008 16.2 10.2 4153 1570 12.6
Column Core 477 172391 152936 68057 16.8 10.6 8075 3207 8.0
356 x 368 202 66307 57806 23632 16.0 9.57 3540 1262 13.9
  177 57153 49798 20470 15.9 9.52 3104 1100 15.5
  153 48525 42250 17470 15.8 9.46 2681 943.8 17.5
  129 40246 35040 14555 15.6 9.39 2264 790.4 20.3
305 x 305 283 78777 72827 24545 14.8 8.25 4314 1525 8.3
  240 64177 59295 20239 14.5 8.14 3641 1273 9.4
  198 50832 46935 16230 14.2 8.02 2991 1034 10.8
  158 38740 35766 12524 13.9 7.89 2368 806.3 13.1
  137 32838 30314 10672 13.7 7.82 2049 691.4 14.8
  118 27601 25472 9006 13.6 7.75 1755 587.0 16.8
  97 22202 20488 7268 13.4 7.68 1442 476.9 20.0
254 x 254 167 29914 27171 9796 11.9 6.79 2070 740.6 9.1
  132 22416 20350 7444 11.6 6.66 1622 570.4 11.0
  107 17510 15890 5901 11.3 6.57 1313 456.9 13.0
  89 14307 12976 4849 11.2 6.52 1099 378.9 15.1
  73 11360 10297 3873 11.1 6.46 894.5 305.0 17.9
203 x 203 86 9462 8374 3119 9.27 5.32 851.6 298.7 10.8
  71 7647 6758 2536 9.16 5.28 708.4 246.0 12.5
  60 6088 5383 2041 8.96 5.19 581.1 199.0 14.8
  52 5263 4653 1770 8.90 5.16 510.4 173.6 16.5
  46 4564 4035 1539 8.81 5.11 449.2 151.5 18.5
152 x 152 37 2218 1932 709 6.84 3.87 274.2 91.78 14.1
  30 1742 1515 558 6.75 3.82 221.2 73.06 16.8
  23 1263 1104 403 6.51 3.68 165.7 52.95 22.4
Serial Size Mass; per m I R Z Ratio D/T
Axis xx Axis y-y Axis x-x Axis y-y Axis x-x Axis y-y
Gross Net
mm kg cm 4 cm 4 cm 4 cm cm cm 3 cm 3


Steel Section Index

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