I 500x500x22x50 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 500x500x22x50 (México) · Doble T I 500x500x22x50 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The I 500x500x22x50 steel profile weighs 461.6 kg/m (310.18 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 58,800 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 265,900 cm⁴, Iy = 104,202.16 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)	22 mm	0.87 in
Flange thickness (tf)	50 mm	1.97 in
Weight	461.6 kg/m	310.18 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	58,800 mm²	91.140 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	265,900 cm⁴	6388.25 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	104,202.16 cm⁴	2503.46 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	10,636 cm³	649.051 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	4,168.09 cm³	254.353 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	12,130 cm³	740.221 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	6,298.4 cm³	384.354 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.27 cm	8.372 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	13.31 cm	5.241 in