Steel Beam Size Calculator
Steel Beam Size Table
Having a good resource for I beam sizes is very important when designing structures. As a structural engineer, it is important for us to identify sections that are safe and cost-effective. With the steel beams size chart below, SkyCiv aims to have a free resource that can be accessed anytime via the browser. The below steel beam size chart will help structural engineers find the appropriate size and shape that you need for your project. These properties are important in the verification of the section's strength capacity, which is the very definition of structural design.
Using the Table
The Steel Beam Sizes Chart is an interactive table that lists the dimensional and geometric properties of a section. These properties can help engineers find the desired steel section they are looking for. Choose your unit system and library, then select a shape to view its beam dimension. The library contains sections from the Australia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Europe. The software pulls the beam dimensions directly from Structural 3D database, the main 3D structural analysis software of the SkyCiv platform. Typically, this information requires users to keep a manual or steel beam charts on hand, which can be inconvenient, especially if they don’t have a copy readily available. Different from a steel manual that costs money to purchase, our reference table is available for free.
Some of the dimensions this tool can display:
- I-Beam Sizes
- S-Beam Sizes
- Square hollow/HSS Sizes
- Round HSS Sizes
- Wide Flange Beam Sizes
- T Beam Sizes
- Channels Sizes
- Angles Sizes
- Imperial and Metric Beam Sizes
Steel Section Sizes
These steel section sizes provide access to the properties and dimensions of commonly used sections from global libraries. There are currently steel sizes and dimensions for Australian, US, UK, European, and Canadian shapes. If a particular library you use is unavailable, you can always use the following resource to find more beam dimensions and sizes. We are open to improving and expanding our database. Another great thing about this tool is that it can convert the beam dimensions from metric to imperial and vice versa. This saves the engineer time when working across unit systems and reduces the risk of an error in the calculations.
Section Properties
The section properties displayed above including cross sectional area (A), polar moment of inertia (J), moment of area (Iz, Iy), section modulus and warping constant (Iw). These results are extremely important when considering structural steel for your beam and column designs. They are the properties that control the amount and type of force a steel member can take.
Need to Design a Structure?
At SkyCiv, we have a range of software free and paid that allow engineers to model and design their structures. Our free beam calculator is an easy to use calculator to help analyze cantilever and simply-supported beams. You can also check out our truss calculator for quick analysis of 2D trusses. For small 2D frames, you can use our free structural frame calculator. For typical shapes of non-standard steel sizes, the free moment of inertia calculator is a good resource to obtain their geometric and section properties.
Standalone Steel Design Software
SkyCiv offers standalone steel design software as part of our Quick Design Package. These include easy-to-use steel design software for AISC, CSA and Australian Standards.
About SkyCiv
SkyCiv offers a wide range of Cloud Structural Analysis and Design Software for engineers. As a constantly evolving tech company, we're committed to innovating and challenging existing workflows to save engineers time in their work processes and designs.
