CVS 500x314 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 500x314 (México) · Doble T CVS 500x314 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The CVS 500x314 steel profile weighs 314.2 kg/m (211.16 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 350 mm (13.78 in). Cross-sectional area: 40,028.8 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 173,662.072 cm⁴, Iy = 31,480.255 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)	44 mm	1.73 in
Weight	314.2 kg/m	211.16 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	40,028.8 mm²	62.045 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	173,662.07 cm⁴	4172.23 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	31,480.26 cm⁴	756.31 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	6,946.48 cm³	423.902 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,798.87 cm³	109.774 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	7,972.97 cm³	486.542 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	2,746.68 cm³	167.613 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	20.83 cm	8.200 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	8.87 cm	3.491 in