Australia Welded Beams & Section Properties

Browse Australian Welded beams from the supplied metric section workbook. Compare dimensions and section properties, open a designation for full details, or load a section into Optimal Beam.

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Australian-Sections.xlsx (Sheets 1-19) · 443 sections

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ASNZS WB-shape dimensions and section properties in metric units
Designation Weight (kg/m) Depth, d (mm) Width (mm) Area (mm²) Ix (mm⁴) Sx (mm³)
1200 WB 455 455 1200 500 57920 15299999744 25499999.573333
1200 WB 423 423 1192 500 53920 13900000256 23322148.080537
1200 WB 342 342 1184 400 43520 10400000000 17567567.567568
1200 WB 392 392 1184 500 49920 12499999744 21114864.432432
1200 WB 317 317 1176 400 40320 9260000256 15748299.755102
1200 WB 249 249 1170 275 31670 6380000256 10905983.34359
1200 WB 278 278 1170 350 35420 7609999872 13008546.789744
1000 WB 322 322 1024 400 40960 7480000000 14609375
1000 WB 296 296 1016 400 37760 6649999872 13090550.929134
1000 WB 258 258 1010 350 32860 5430000128 10752475.50099
1000 WB 215 215 1000 300 27360 4060000000 8120000
900 WB 282 282 924 400 35920 5729999872 12402597.125541
900 WB 257 257 916 400 32720 5049999872 11026200.593886
900 WB 218 218 910 350 27820 4060000000 8923076.923077
900 WB 175 175 900 300 22320 2960000000 6577777.777778
800 WB 192 192 816 300 24400 2969999872 7279411.45098
800 WB 168 168 810 275 21350 2480000000 6123456.790124
800 WB 146 146 800 275 18600 2040000000 5100000
800 WB 122 122 792 250 15600 1570000000 3964646.464647
700 WB 173 173 716 275 22000 2060000000 5754189.944134
700 WB 150 150 710 250 19100 1710000000 4816901.408451
700 WB 130 130 700 250 16600 1400000000 4000000
700 WB 115 115 692 250 14600 1150000000 3323699.421965

Family overview

What are Australia Welded Beams?

Browse Australian Welded beams from the supplied metric section workbook. Compare dimensions and section properties, open a designation for full details, or load a section into Optimal Beam.

Designations

Understanding Welded Beams designations

WB designations list nominal depth, the welded-beam family code and nominal mass in kilograms per metre.

Nominal depth series

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WB 700 WB 800 WB 900 WB 1000 WB 1200

Properties

Welded Beams properties explained

These properties are especially relevant when comparing Welded Beams. View the complete property glossary.

Symbol Property Units Why it matters
Weight Weight lb/ft, kg/m Mass per unit length; used for self-weight and economy comparisons
d Overall depth in, mm Overall depth and clearance
bf Flange width in, mm Overall flange width and lateral behaviour
tw Web thickness in, mm Web thickness and shear-related behaviour
tf Flange thickness in, mm Flange thickness and flexural/local behaviour
A Cross-sectional area in², mm² Total steel cross-sectional area
Ix Moment of inertia (x) in⁴, mm⁴ Major-axis flexural stiffness
Iy Moment of inertia (y) in⁴, mm⁴ Minor-axis flexural stiffness
Sx Elastic section modulus (x) in³, mm³ Elastic bending property about the x-axis
Sy Elastic section modulus (y) in³, mm³ Elastic bending property about the y-axis
Zx Plastic section modulus (x) in³, mm³ Plastic bending property about the x-axis
Zy Plastic section modulus (y) in³, mm³ Plastic bending property about the y-axis
rx Radius of gyration (x) in, mm Strong-axis radius of gyration
ry Radius of gyration (y) in, mm Weak-axis radius of gyration and lateral stability relevance
J Torsional constant in⁴, mm⁴ Torsional constant
Cw Warping constant in⁶, mm⁶ Warping constant for lateral-torsional behaviour

Library summary

Computed Welded Beams summary

The current Australia Welded Beams library contains 23 sections across 23 nominal-depth series. Published weights range from 77.28 to 305.75 lb/ft , and actual depths range from 27.24 to 47.24 inches .

Lightest section
700 WB 115
Heaviest section
1200 WB 455
Ix range
2,762.89 – 36,758.40 in⁴
Sx range
202.82 – 1,556.11 in³

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Source: Australian-Sections.xlsx (Sheets 1-19) v2019.11 · Verified July 2026 · View methodology