I 1600x500x16x30 CISC · Weight & Dimensions

CISC, welded sections · Wide Flange (I-beam)

Wide flange beams (W shapes / I-beams) are the most common structural steel profile used in building construction. They are used for beams, columns, and girders in steel-framed buildings and bridges. Designed per AISC 360, Eurocode 3, and NBR 8800.

Also known as: I 1600x500x16x30 (México) · Doble T I 1600x500x16x30 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 1600 (UK / Australia)

The I 1600x500x16x30 steel profile weighs 428.9 kg/m (288.23 lb/ft), has a depth of 1600 mm (62.99 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 54,640 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 2,335,868.533 cm⁴, Iy = 62,552.565 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	1600 mm	62.99 in
Width (b)	500 mm	19.69 in
Web thickness (tw)	16 mm	0.63 in
Flange thickness (tf)	30 mm	1.18 in
Weight	428.9 kg/m	288.23 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	54,640 mm²	84.692 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	2,335,868.53 cm⁴	56119.24 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	62,552.57 cm⁴	1502.83 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	29,198.36 cm³	1781.801 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	2,502.1 cm³	152.688 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	33,036.4 cm³	2016.013 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	3,848.56 cm³	234.855 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	65.38 cm	25.742 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	10.7 cm	4.212 in