CVS 500x204 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: CVS 500x204 (México) · Doble T CVS 500x204 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The CVS 500x204 steel profile weighs 204.5 kg/m (137.42 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 350 mm (13.78 in). Cross-sectional area: 26,050 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 113,230.208 cm⁴, Iy = 17,890.305 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	500 mm	19.69 in
Width (b)	350 mm	13.78 in
Web thickness (tw)	19 mm	0.75 in
Flange thickness (tf)	25 mm	0.98 in
Weight	204.5 kg/m	137.42 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	26,050 mm²	40.377 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	113,230.21 cm⁴	2720.36 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	17,890.3 cm⁴	429.81 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	4,529.21 cm³	276.390 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,022.3 cm³	62.385 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	5,118.13 cm³	312.328 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	1,571.86 cm³	95.921 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.85 cm	8.208 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	8.29 cm	3.263 in