I 500x500x14x20 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 500x500x14x20 (México) · Doble T I 500x500x14x20 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x500x14x20 steel profile weighs 207.6 kg/m (139.47 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 26,440 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 126,622.533 cm⁴, Iy = 41,677.185 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)	20 mm	0.79 in
Weight	207.6 kg/m	139.47 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	26,440 mm²	40.982 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	126,622.53 cm⁴	3042.11 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	41,677.19 cm⁴	1001.29 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	5,064.9 cm³	309.081 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,667.09 cm³	101.732 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	5,540.6 cm³	338.110 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	2,522.54 cm³	153.935 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.88 cm	8.616 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	12.56 cm	4.943 in