CVS 500x250 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 500x250 (México) · Doble T CVS 500x250 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The CVS 500x250 steel profile weighs 249.9 kg/m (167.95 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 350 mm (13.78 in). Cross-sectional area: 31,838.8 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 136,755.407 cm⁴, Iy = 22,550.305 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)	22.4 mm	0.88 in
Flange thickness (tf)	31.5 mm	1.24 in
Weight	249.9 kg/m	167.95 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	31,838.8 mm²	49.350 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	136,755.41 cm⁴	3285.55 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	22,550.31 cm⁴	541.77 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	5,470.22 cm³	333.814 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,288.59 cm³	78.635 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	6,234.64 cm³	380.463 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	1,984.19 cm³	121.083 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.72 cm	8.159 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	8.42 cm	3.313 in