I 500x200x8x10 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 500x200x8x10 (México) · Doble T I 500x200x8x10 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x200x8x10 steel profile weighs 61.5 kg/m (41.35 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 200 mm (7.87 in). Cross-sectional area: 7,840 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 31,386.133 cm⁴, Iy = 1,335.381 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)	8 mm	0.31 in
Flange thickness (tf)	10 mm	0.39 in
Weight	61.5 kg/m	41.35 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	7,840 mm²	12.152 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	31,386.13 cm⁴	754.05 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	1,335.38 cm⁴	32.08 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,255.45 cm³	76.612 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	133.54 cm³	8.149 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,440.8 cm³	87.923 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	207.68 cm³	12.673 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.01 cm	7.877 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	4.13 cm	1.625 in