UK Rolled Steel Joists & Section Properties

Browse Rolled steel joists from the British steel section catalog. Compare metric-native dimensions and section properties, open a designation for full details, or load a section into Optimal Beam.

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British-Sections-1 and Eurocode 3 UK shared angle/hollow tables · 1,196 sections

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UK RSJ-shape dimensions and section properties in metric units
Designation Weight (kg/m) Depth, d (mm) Width (mm) Area (mm²) Ix (mm⁴) Sx (mm³)
RSJ 254×114×37 37 254 114 4730 50800000 400000
RSJ 254×203×82 82 254 203 10500 120000000 947000
RSJ 203×152×52 52 203.2 152 6660 48000000 472000
RSJ 152×127×37 37 152.4 127 4750 18200000 239000
RSJ 127×76×16 16 127 76 2110 5710000 90000
RSJ 127×114×27 27 127 114 3420 9460000 149000
RSJ 127×114×29 29 127 114 3740 9790000 154000
RSJ 114×114×27 27 114.3 114 3450 7360000 129000
RSJ 102×44×7 7 101.6 44 950 1530000 30100
RSJ 102×102×23 23 101.6 102 2930 4860000 95600
RSJ 89×89×19 19 88.9 89 2490 3070000 69000
RSJ 76×76×13 13 76.2 76 1620 1580000 41500
RSJ 76×76×15 15 76.2 76 1910 1720000 45200

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What are UK Rolled Steel Joists?

Browse Rolled steel joists from the British steel section catalog. Compare metric-native dimensions and section properties, open a designation for full details, or load a section into Optimal Beam.

Designations

Understanding Rolled Steel Joists designations

RSJ designations list nominal depth × flange width × mass for rolled steel joists.

Nominal depth series

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Properties

Rolled Steel Joists properties explained

These properties are especially relevant when comparing Rolled Steel Joists. 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 Rolled Steel Joists summary

The current UK Rolled Steel Joists library contains 13 sections across 8 nominal-depth series. Published weights range from 4.70 to 55.10 lb/ft , and actual depths range from 3.00 to 10.00 inches .

Lightest section
RSJ 102x44x7
Heaviest section
RSJ 254x203x82
Ix range
3.68288.30 in⁴
Sx range
1.8457.79 in³

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Source: British-Sections-1 and Eurocode 3 UK shared angle/hollow tables v2023.11 · Verified July 2026 · View methodology