I 500x200x8x16 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 500x200x8x16 (México) · Doble T I 500x200x8x16 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x200x8x16 steel profile weighs 79.6 kg/m (53.49 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 200 mm (7.87 in). Cross-sectional area: 10,144 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 44,328.162 cm⁴, Iy = 2,135.33 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)	16 mm	0.63 in
Weight	79.6 kg/m	53.49 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	10,144 mm²	15.723 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	44,328.16 cm⁴	1064.98 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	2,135.33 cm⁴	51.30 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,773.13 cm³	108.203 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	213.53 cm³	13.031 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,986.85 cm³	121.245 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	327.49 cm³	19.985 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.9 cm	8.230 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	4.59 cm	1.806 in