I 500x200x6x12 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 500x200x6x12 (México) · Doble T I 500x200x6x12 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x200x6x12 steel profile weighs 60.1 kg/m (40.41 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 200 mm (7.87 in). Cross-sectional area: 7,656 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 33,975.549 cm⁴, Iy = 1,600.857 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)	6 mm	0.24 in
Flange thickness (tf)	12 mm	0.47 in
Weight	60.1 kg/m	40.41 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	7,656 mm²	11.867 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	33,975.55 cm⁴	816.26 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	1,600.86 cm⁴	38.46 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,359.02 cm³	82.933 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	160.09 cm³	9.769 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,511.06 cm³	92.211 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	244.28 cm³	14.907 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.07 cm	8.294 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	4.57 cm	1.800 in