I 500x200x5x10 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 500x200x5x10 (México) · Doble T I 500x200x5x10 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x200x5x10 steel profile weighs 50.2 kg/m (33.76 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 200 mm (7.87 in). Cross-sectional area: 6,400 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 28,621.333 cm⁴, Iy = 1,333.833 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	500 mm	19.69 in
Width (b)	200 mm	7.87 in
Web thickness (tw)	5 mm	0.20 in
Flange thickness (tf)	10 mm	0.39 in
Weight	50.2 kg/m	33.76 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	6,400 mm²	9.920 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	28,621.33 cm⁴	687.63 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	1,333.83 cm⁴	32.05 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,144.85 cm³	69.864 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	133.38 cm³	8.140 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,268 cm³	77.378 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	203 cm³	12.388 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.15 cm	8.326 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	4.57 cm	1.797 in