VS 1600x348 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 1600x348 (México) · Doble T VS 1600x348 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 1600 (UK / Australia)

The VS 1600x348 steel profile weighs 348.3 kg/m (234.08 lb/ft), has a depth of 1600 mm (62.99 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 44,375 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 1,938,424.479 cm⁴, Iy = 52,108.561 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)	25 mm	0.98 in
Weight	348.3 kg/m	234.08 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	44,375 mm²	68.781 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	1,938,424.48 cm⁴	46570.65 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	52,108.56 cm⁴	1251.91 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	24,230.31 cm³	1478.630 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	2,084.34 cm³	127.195 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	27,195.31 cm³	1659.567 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	3,185.55 cm³	194.395 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	66.09 cm	26.021 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	10.84 cm	4.266 in