I 500x200x8x14 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 500x200x8x14 (México) · Doble T I 500x200x8x14 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x200x8x14 steel profile weighs 73.6 kg/m (49.48 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 200 mm (7.87 in). Cross-sectional area: 9,376 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 40,086.857 cm⁴, Iy = 1,868.681 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)	14 mm	0.55 in
Weight	73.6 kg/m	49.48 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	9,376 mm²	14.533 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	40,086.86 cm⁴	963.09 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	1,868.68 cm⁴	44.90 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,603.47 cm³	97.850 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	186.87 cm³	11.403 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,806.37 cm³	110.232 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	287.55 cm³	17.548 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.68 cm	8.141 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	4.46 cm	1.758 in