I 500x250x8x22 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 500x250x8x22 (México) · Doble T I 500x250x8x22 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x250x8x22 steel profile weighs 115.0 kg/m (77.28 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 250 mm (9.84 in). Cross-sectional area: 14,648 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 69,198.721 cm⁴, Iy = 5,731.112 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)	22 mm	0.87 in
Weight	115.0 kg/m	77.28 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	14,648 mm²	22.704 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	69,198.72 cm⁴	1662.50 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	5,731.11 cm⁴	137.69 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	2,767.95 cm³	168.911 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	458.49 cm³	27.979 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	3,044.87 cm³	185.810 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	694.8 cm³	42.399 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.74 cm	8.557 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	6.26 cm	2.463 in