I 500x250x8x10 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 500x250x8x10 (México) · Doble T I 500x250x8x10 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x250x8x10 steel profile weighs 69.4 kg/m (46.63 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 250 mm (9.84 in). Cross-sectional area: 8,840 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 37,389.467 cm⁴, Iy = 2,606.215 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	500 mm	19.69 in
Width (b)	250 mm	9.84 in
Web thickness (tw)	8 mm	0.31 in
Flange thickness (tf)	10 mm	0.39 in
Weight	69.4 kg/m	46.63 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	8,840 mm²	13.702 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	37,389.47 cm⁴	898.28 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	2,606.21 cm⁴	62.61 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,495.58 cm³	91.266 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	208.5 cm³	12.723 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,685.8 cm³	102.874 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	320.18 cm³	19.539 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.57 cm	8.097 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	5.43 cm	2.138 in