I 500x200x5x8 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 500x200x5x8 (México) · Doble T I 500x200x5x8 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x200x5x8 steel profile weighs 44.1 kg/m (29.65 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 200 mm (7.87 in). Cross-sectional area: 5,620 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 24,090.989 cm⁴, Iy = 1,067.171 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)	8 mm	0.31 in
Weight	44.1 kg/m	29.65 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	5,620 mm²	8.711 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	24,090.99 cm⁴	578.79 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	1,067.17 cm⁴	25.64 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	963.64 cm³	58.805 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	106.72 cm³	6.512 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,080.02 cm³	65.907 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	163.03 cm³	9.948 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.7 cm	8.151 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	4.36 cm	1.716 in