CVS 600x156 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 600x156 (México) · Doble T CVS 600x156 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 600 (UK / Australia)

The CVS 600x156 steel profile weighs 156.2 kg/m (104.98 lb/ft), has a depth of 600 mm (23.62 in), flange width 400 mm (15.75 in). Cross-sectional area: 19,900 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 128,253.813 cm⁴, Iy = 17,075.911 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	600 mm	23.62 in
Width (b)	400 mm	15.75 in
Web thickness (tw)	12.5 mm	0.49 in
Flange thickness (tf)	16 mm	0.63 in
Weight	156.2 kg/m	104.98 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	19,900 mm²	30.845 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	128,253.81 cm⁴	3081.30 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	17,075.91 cm⁴	410.25 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	4,275.13 cm³	260.885 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	853.8 cm³	52.102 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	4,745.8 cm³	289.608 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	1,302.19 cm³	79.465 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	25.39 cm	9.995 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	9.26 cm	3.647 in