I 500x300x8x12 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 500x300x8x12 (México) · Doble T I 500x300x8x12 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x300x8x12 steel profile weighs 86.4 kg/m (58.08 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 300 mm (11.81 in). Cross-sectional area: 11,008 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 50,064.572 cm⁴, Iy = 5,402.031 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)	12 mm	0.47 in
Weight	86.4 kg/m	58.08 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	11,008 mm²	17.062 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	50,064.57 cm⁴	1202.80 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	5,402.03 cm⁴	129.78 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	2,002.58 cm³	122.206 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	360.14 cm³	21.977 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	2,209.95 cm³	134.860 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	547.62 cm³	33.418 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.33 cm	8.396 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	7.01 cm	2.758 in