CVS 800x290 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 800x290 (México) · Doble T CVS 800x290 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 800 (UK / Australia)

The CVS 800x290 steel profile weighs 290.4 kg/m (195.18 lb/ft), has a depth of 800 mm (31.50 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 37,000 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 431,770.833 cm⁴, Iy = 52,108.933 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	800 mm	31.50 in
Width (b)	500 mm	19.69 in
Web thickness (tw)	16 mm	0.63 in
Flange thickness (tf)	25 mm	0.98 in
Weight	290.4 kg/m	195.18 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	37,000 mm²	57.350 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	431,770.83 cm⁴	10373.29 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	52,108.93 cm⁴	1251.92 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	10,794.27 cm³	658.710 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	2,084.36 cm³	127.196 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	11,937.5 cm³	728.474 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	3,173 cm³	193.629 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	34.16 cm	13.449 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	11.87 cm	4.672 in