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Universal Beams...BS 44-1:1971(Superseded by BS 4: 1993)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
I
Serial Size
mm
914 x 419
914x 305

838 x 292

762x267

686 x254

610x305

610x229

610x178
533x330

533x210

Axis xx
Gross

Net

cm 4

cm 4

717325
623866
503781
435796
375111
324715
339130
278833
245412
239464
204747
168535
169843
150015
135972
117700
207252
151312
124341
111673
98408
87260
75549
63970
55779
141682
125618
109109
76078
66610
61530
55225

639177
555835
469903
406504
350209
303783
315153
259625
228867
221138
189341
156213
156106
137965
125156
108580
192203
1402269
115233
101699
89675
79645
69132
57238
50076
121777
107882
93647
68719
60218
55671
50040

R
Axis y-y

Axis x-x

cm 4
42481
36251
14793
12512
10425
8632
10661
8384
7111
7699
6376
5002
6225
5391
4789
3992
14873
10571
8471
4253
3676
3184
2658
1427
1203
16064
14093
12057
3208
2755
2512
2212

Z
Axis y-y

Axis x-x

Axis y-y

cm

cm 3

cm 3

cm
38.1
37.8
37.0
36.8
36.3
35.6
34.3
33.6
33.1
30.9
30.5
30.0
28.0
27.8
27.6
27.2
26.1
25.8
25.6
25.0
24.8
24.6
24.2
23.5
23.1
22.9
22.8
22.6
22.1
21.9
21.8
21.7

9.27
9.11
6.34
6.23
6.05
5.81
6.08
5.83
5.64
5.54
5.38
5.16
5.36
5.28
5.18
5.0
7.02
6.81
6.68
4.88
4.8
4.7
4.54
3.51
3.39
7.72
7.64
7.53
4.54
4.46
4.41
4.34

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15586
13691
10874
9490
8241
7192
7971
6633
5879
6223
5374
4471
4902
4364
3979
3472
6549
4901
4079
3620
3217
2874
2509
2124
1865
5199
4657
4091
2794
2469
2293
2072

2021
1733
961.3
819.2
685.6
569.1
725.9
573.6
487.6
574.
478.1
277.1
486.6
423.7
377.5
315.5
961.3
688.6
555.9
369.6
321.1
279.1
233.6
160.0
135.3
963.2
849.6
730.3
302.8
261.5
239.2
211.3

RATIO D/T

25.2
28.5
29.0
32.9
38.1
44.7
31.8
38.7
44.4
30.3
35.3
43.1
29.2
32.7
36.0
41.8
20.2
26.2
30.9
27.9
31.2
35.1
40.7
40.2
46.7
19.6
21.6
24.2
25.6
28.7
30.8
34.2

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Universal Beam Properties

533x165
457x191

457x152

406 x178

406x152

406x140
381x152

356x171

356x127
305x165

305x127

305x102

254x146

254x102

203x133

47363
40414
35083
45653
40956
37039
33324
29337
36160
32380
28522
25464
21345
27279
24279
21520
18576
26938
23798
20619
15603
12408
21276
18632
16046
19483
16038
14118
12052
10054
8167
11686
9924
8500
9485
8124
7143
6482
5415
4381
6546
5544
4427
4004
3404
2863
2880
2348

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43062
35752
31144
40469
36313
32869
29570
26072
32058
28731
25342
22613
19034
23981
21357
18928
16389
23811
21069
18283
13699
10963
18817
16489
14226
17002
14018
12349
10578
8688
7099
10119
8596
7368
8137
6978
6142
5792
4855
3959
5683
4814
3859
3565
3041
2572
2469
2020

1826
1027
863
2216
1960
1746
1547
1328
1093
963
829
794
645
1448
1269
1108
922
1047
908
768
500
373
947
814
685
1278
1026
885
730
333
257
988
825
691
438
367
316
189
153
116
633
528
406
174
144
116
354
280

21.3
20.8
20.5
19.1
19.0
18.8
18.7
18.5
18.6
18.5
18.3
18.3
17.9
17.0
16.9
16.8
16.5
16.9
16.7
16.5
16.3
15.9
15.8
15.7
15.5
15.1
14.9
14.8
14.6
14.3
14.0
13.1
13.0
12.9
12.5
12.4
12.3
12.5
12.2
11.8
10.9
10.8
10.5
10.5
10.3
10.0
8.71
8.53

4.18
3.32
3.21
4.21
4.15
4.09
4.04
3.95
3.24
3.18
3.12
3.23
3.11
3.91
3.85
3.82
3.67
3.32
3.26
3.18
2.92
2.75
3.33
3.27
3.21
3.87
3.77
3.71
3.58
2.60
2.48
3.80
3.74
3.67
2.68
2.63
2.58
2.13
2.05
1.92
3.39
3.34
3.19
2.19
2.11
2.02
3.05
2.94

I
Serial Size
mm

Axis xx
Gross

Net

cm 4

cm 4

1793
1528
1337
1954
1767
1610
1458
1293
1555
1404
1248
1120
949.0
1322
1186
1059
922.8
1294
1155
1011
775.6
624.7
1095
968.4
842.3
1071
849.3
749.0
684.7
570.0
468.7
751.8
646.4
559.6
611.1
530.0
470.3
414.6
350.7
287.5
504.3
433.1
352.1
307.6
264.9
225.4
278.5
231.1

175.0
124.1
104.5
229.9
204.2
182.6
162.4
139.9
142.5
126.1
109.1
104.0
84.61
161.2
141.9
124.7
103.8
136.2
118.8
100.9
70.26
52.61
122.7
106.2
89.96
147.6
119.2
103.3
85.39
52.87
40.99
118.5
99.54
83.71
69.94
58.99
51.11
37.00
30.01
22.85
85.97
72.11
55.53
34.13
28.23
22.84
52.85
41.92

R
Axis y-y
cm 4

Axis x-x
cm

40.0
39.2
45.6
23.8
26.2
28.8
31.5
35.7
24.6
27.1
30.5
34.2
41.3
25.8
28.6
31.8
36.9
23.0
25.8
29.3
35.9
46.2
23.8
26.7
30.7
23.2
27.6
30.9
36.3
33.0
41.0
22.7
26.0
29.8
22.2
25.3
28.4
29.0
34.7
44.8
20.4
23.5
29.2
26.0
30.6
37.4
21.5
26.1

Z
Axis y-y

Axis x-x

Axis y-y

cm

cm 3

cm 3

RATIO D/T

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