I 500x500x14x18 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 500x500x14x18 (México) · Doble T I 500x500x14x18 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x500x14x18 steel profile weighs 192.3 kg/m (129.25 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 24,496 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 116,249.09 cm⁴, Iy = 37,510.61 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)	18 mm	0.71 in
Weight	192.3 kg/m	129.25 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	24,496 mm²	37.969 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	116,249.09 cm⁴	2792.88 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	37,510.61 cm⁴	901.19 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	4,649.96 cm³	283.759 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,500.42 cm³	91.562 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	5,091.54 cm³	310.706 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	2,272.74 cm³	138.691 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.78 cm	8.577 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	12.37 cm	4.872 in