I 500x250x8x12 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 500x250x8x12 (México) · Doble T I 500x250x8x12 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x250x8x12 steel profile weighs 77.0 kg/m (51.75 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 250 mm (9.84 in). Cross-sectional area: 9,808 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 42,918.812 cm⁴, Iy = 3,127.031 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)	12 mm	0.47 in
Weight	77.0 kg/m	51.75 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	9,808 mm²	15.202 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	42,918.81 cm⁴	1031.12 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	3,127.03 cm⁴	75.13 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,716.75 cm³	104.763 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	250.16 cm³	15.266 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,917.15 cm³	116.992 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	382.62 cm³	23.349 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.92 cm	8.236 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	5.65 cm	2.223 in