I 500x500x14x28 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 500x500x14x28 (México) · Doble T I 500x500x14x28 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x500x14x28 steel profile weighs 268.6 kg/m (180.52 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 34,216 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 166,343.378 cm⁴, Iy = 58,343.486 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)	28 mm	1.10 in
Weight	268.6 kg/m	180.52 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	34,216 mm²	53.035 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	166,343.38 cm⁴	3996.40 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	58,343.49 cm⁴	1401.70 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	6,653.74 cm³	406.038 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	2,333.74 cm³	142.414 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	7,297.98 cm³	445.352 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	3,521.76 cm³	214.912 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	22.05 cm	8.681 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	13.06 cm	5.141 in