I 700x300x8x16 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 700x300x8x16 (México) · Doble T I 700x300x8x16 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 700 (UK / Australia)

The I 700x300x8x16 steel profile weighs 117.3 kg/m (78.81 lb/ft), has a depth of 700 mm (27.56 in), flange width 300 mm (11.81 in). Cross-sectional area: 14,944 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 132,177.762 cm⁴, Iy = 7,202.85 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	700 mm	27.56 in
Width (b)	300 mm	11.81 in
Web thickness (tw)	8 mm	0.31 in
Flange thickness (tf)	16 mm	0.63 in
Weight	117.3 kg/m	78.81 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	14,944 mm²	23.163 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	132,177.76 cm⁴	3175.57 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	7,202.85 cm⁴	173.05 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	3,776.51 cm³	230.458 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	480.19 cm³	29.303 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	4,175.65 cm³	254.815 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	730.69 cm³	44.590 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	29.74 cm	11.709 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	6.94 cm	2.733 in