CS 500x207 Usiminas · Weight & Dimensions

Usiminas, 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: CS 500x207 (México) · Doble T CS 500x207 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The CS 500x207 steel profile weighs 207.2 kg/m (139.21 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 26,392 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 123,101.784 cm⁴, Iy = 39,599.103 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)	16 mm	0.63 in
Flange thickness (tf)	19 mm	0.75 in
Weight	207.2 kg/m	139.21 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	26,392 mm²	40.908 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	123,101.78 cm⁴	2957.52 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	39,599.1 cm⁴	951.37 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	4,924.07 cm³	300.487 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,583.96 cm³	96.660 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	5,423.28 cm³	330.950 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	2,404.57 cm³	146.736 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.6 cm	8.503 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	12.25 cm	4.822 in