I 500x500x14x16 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 500x500x14x16 (México) · Doble T I 500x500x14x16 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x500x14x16 steel profile weighs 177.0 kg/m (118.96 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 22,552 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 105,695.244 cm⁴, Iy = 33,344.035 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	500 mm	19.69 in
Width (b)	500 mm	19.69 in
Web thickness (tw)	14 mm	0.55 in
Flange thickness (tf)	16 mm	0.63 in
Weight	177.0 kg/m	118.96 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	22,552 mm²	34.956 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	105,695.24 cm⁴	2539.33 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	33,344.03 cm⁴	801.09 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	4,227.81 cm³	257.998 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,333.76 cm³	81.391 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	4,638.58 cm³	283.065 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	2,022.93 cm³	123.447 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.65 cm	8.523 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	12.16 cm	4.787 in