I 500x250x8x16 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 500x250x8x16 (México) · Doble T I 500x250x8x16 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x250x8x16 steel profile weighs 92.2 kg/m (61.93 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 250 mm (9.84 in). Cross-sectional area: 11,744 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 53,701.815 cm⁴, Iy = 4,168.663 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)	16 mm	0.63 in
Weight	92.2 kg/m	61.93 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	11,744 mm²	18.203 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	53,701.82 cm⁴	1290.19 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	4,168.66 cm⁴	100.15 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	2,148.07 cm³	131.084 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	333.49 cm³	20.351 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	2,374.05 cm³	144.874 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	507.49 cm³	30.969 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.38 cm	8.419 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	5.96 cm	2.346 in