VS 2500x640 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 2500x640 (México) · Doble T VS 2500x640 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 2500 (UK / Australia)

The VS 2500x640 steel profile weighs 640.2 kg/m (430.19 lb/ft), has a depth of 2500 mm (98.43 in), flange width 700 mm (27.56 in). Cross-sectional area: 81,550 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 7,688,573.958 cm⁴, Iy = 143,056.705 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	2500 mm	98.43 in
Width (b)	700 mm	27.56 in
Web thickness (tw)	19 mm	0.75 in
Flange thickness (tf)	25 mm	0.98 in
Weight	640.2 kg/m	430.19 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	81,550 mm²	126.402 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	7,688,573.96 cm⁴	184717.99 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	143,056.7 cm⁴	3436.94 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	61,508.59 cm³	3753.500 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	4,087.33 cm³	249.425 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	71,824.38 cm³	4383.011 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	6,346.11 cm³	387.265 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	97.1 cm	38.228 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	13.24 cm	5.214 in