I 500x300x8x10 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 500x300x8x10 (México) · Doble T I 500x300x8x10 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x300x8x10 steel profile weighs 77.2 kg/m (51.91 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 300 mm (11.81 in). Cross-sectional area: 9,840 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 43,392.8 cm⁴, Iy = 4,502.048 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	500 mm	19.69 in
Width (b)	300 mm	11.81 in
Web thickness (tw)	8 mm	0.31 in
Flange thickness (tf)	10 mm	0.39 in
Weight	77.2 kg/m	51.91 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	9,840 mm²	15.252 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	43,392.8 cm⁴	1042.51 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	4,502.05 cm⁴	108.16 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	1,735.71 cm³	105.920 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	300.14 cm³	18.316 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	1,930.8 cm³	117.825 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	457.68 cm³	27.929 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21 cm	8.268 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	6.76 cm	2.663 in