I 500x250x8x14 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 500x250x8x14 (México) · Doble T I 500x250x8x14 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x250x8x14 steel profile weighs 84.6 kg/m (56.86 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 250 mm (9.84 in). Cross-sectional area: 10,776 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 48,356.003 cm⁴, Iy = 3,647.847 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)	14 mm	0.55 in
Weight	84.6 kg/m	56.86 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	10,776 mm²	16.703 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	48,356 cm⁴	1161.75 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	3,647.85 cm⁴	87.64 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,934.24 cm³	118.035 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	291.83 cm³	17.808 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	2,146.57 cm³	130.992 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	445.05 cm³	27.159 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.18 cm	8.340 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	5.82 cm	2.291 in