I 500x300x8x16 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 500x300x8x16 (México) · Doble T I 500x300x8x16 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x300x8x16 steel profile weighs 104.7 kg/m (70.37 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 300 mm (11.81 in). Cross-sectional area: 13,344 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 63,075.469 cm⁴, Iy = 7,201.997 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)	16 mm	0.63 in
Weight	104.7 kg/m	70.37 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	13,344 mm²	20.683 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	63,075.47 cm⁴	1515.39 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	7,202 cm⁴	173.03 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	2,523.02 cm³	153.965 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	480.13 cm³	29.300 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	2,761.25 cm³	168.502 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	727.49 cm³	44.394 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.74 cm	8.560 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	7.35 cm	2.892 in