I 500x300x8x28 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 500x300x8x28 (México) · Doble T I 500x300x8x28 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x300x8x28 steel profile weighs 159.8 kg/m (107.35 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 300 mm (11.81 in). Cross-sectional area: 20,352 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 99,514.266 cm⁴, Iy = 12,601.894 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)	28 mm	1.10 in
Weight	159.8 kg/m	107.35 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	20,352 mm²	31.546 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	99,514.27 cm⁴	2390.83 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	12,601.89 cm⁴	302.76 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	3,980.57 cm³	242.910 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	840.13 cm³	51.268 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	4,359.07 cm³	266.008 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	1,267.1 cm³	77.324 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	22.11 cm	8.706 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	7.87 cm	3.098 in