I 250x100x5x8 Cintac · Weight & Dimensions

Cintac, 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 250x100x5x8 (México) · Doble T I 250x100x5x8 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 250 (UK / Australia)

The I 250x100x5x8 steel profile weighs 21.7 kg/m (14.61 lb/ft), has a depth of 250 mm (9.84 in), flange width 100 mm (3.94 in). Cross-sectional area: 2,770 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 2,877.284 cm⁴, Iy = 133.577 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	250 mm	9.84 in
Width (b)	100 mm	3.94 in
Web thickness (tw)	5 mm	0.20 in
Flange thickness (tf)	8 mm	0.31 in
Weight	21.7 kg/m	14.61 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	2,770 mm²	4.293 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	2,877.28 cm⁴	69.13 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	133.58 cm⁴	3.21 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	230.18 cm³	14.047 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	26.72 cm³	1.630 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	262.05 cm³	15.991 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	41.46 cm³	2.530 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	10.19 cm	4.013 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	2.2 cm	0.865 in