CVS 600x210 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 600x210 (México) · Doble T CVS 600x210 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 600 (UK / Australia)

The CVS 600x210 steel profile weighs 210.4 kg/m (141.40 lb/ft), has a depth of 600 mm (23.62 in), flange width 400 mm (15.75 in). Cross-sectional area: 26,803.2 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 172,355.979 cm⁴, Iy = 23,912.284 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)	16 mm	0.63 in
Flange thickness (tf)	22.4 mm	0.88 in
Weight	210.4 kg/m	141.40 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	26,803.2 mm²	41.545 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	172,355.98 cm⁴	4140.85 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	23,912.28 cm⁴	574.49 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	5,745.2 cm³	350.595 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,195.61 cm³	72.961 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	6,408.28 cm³	391.059 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	1,827.53 cm³	111.523 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	25.36 cm	9.984 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	9.45 cm	3.719 in