I 500x200x8x12 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 500x200x8x12 (México) · Doble T I 500x200x8x12 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x200x8x12 steel profile weighs 67.6 kg/m (45.42 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 200 mm (7.87 in). Cross-sectional area: 8,608 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 35,773.052 cm⁴, Iy = 1,602.031 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)	12 mm	0.47 in
Weight	67.6 kg/m	45.42 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	8,608 mm²	13.342 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	35,773.05 cm⁴	859.45 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	1,602.03 cm⁴	38.49 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,430.92 cm³	87.321 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	160.2 cm³	9.776 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,624.35 cm³	99.124 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	247.62 cm³	15.111 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.39 cm	8.026 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	4.31 cm	1.698 in