VS 1800x416 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 1800x416 (México) · Doble T VS 1800x416 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 1800 (UK / Australia)

The VS 1800x416 steel profile weighs 416.1 kg/m (279.59 lb/ft), has a depth of 1800 mm (70.87 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 53,000 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 2,683,854.167 cm⁴, Iy = 52,143.067 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	1800 mm	70.87 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	416.1 kg/m	279.59 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	53,000 mm²	82.150 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	2,683,854.17 cm⁴	64479.60 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	52,143.07 cm⁴	1252.74 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	29,820.6 cm³	1819.772 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	2,085.72 cm³	127.279 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	34,437.5 cm³	2101.514 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	3,237 cm³	197.535 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	71.16 cm	28.016 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	9.92 cm	3.905 in