CS 500x263 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 500x263 (México) · Doble T CS 500x263 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The CS 500x263 steel profile weighs 263.4 kg/m (176.98 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 33,550 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 155,573.958 cm⁴, Iy = 52,109.055 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)	19 mm	0.75 in
Flange thickness (tf)	25 mm	0.98 in
Weight	263.4 kg/m	176.98 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	33,550 mm²	52.002 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	155,573.96 cm⁴	3737.66 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	52,109.05 cm⁴	1251.92 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	6,222.96 cm³	379.750 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	2,084.36 cm³	127.196 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	6,899.38 cm³	421.027 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	3,165.61 cm³	193.178 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.53 cm	8.478 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	12.46 cm	4.907 in