VS 1600x328 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: VS 1600x328 (México) · Doble T VS 1600x328 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 1600 (UK / Australia)

The VS 1600x328 steel profile weighs 328.4 kg/m (220.71 lb/ft), has a depth of 1600 mm (62.99 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 41,840 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 1,785,654.668 cm⁴, Iy = 46,691.979 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	1600 mm	62.99 in
Width (b)	500 mm	19.69 in
Web thickness (tw)	12.5 mm	0.49 in
Flange thickness (tf)	22.4 mm	0.88 in
Weight	328.4 kg/m	220.71 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	41,840 mm²	64.852 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	1,785,654.67 cm⁴	42900.35 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	46,691.98 cm⁴	1121.77 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	22,320.68 cm³	1362.097 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,867.68 cm³	113.973 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	25,227.39 cm³	1539.476 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	2,860.75 cm³	174.574 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	65.33 cm	25.720 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	10.56 cm	4.159 in