VS 2500x843 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 2500x843 (México) · Doble T VS 2500x843 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 2500 (UK / Australia)

The VS 2500x843 steel profile weighs 843.3 kg/m (566.70 lb/ft), has a depth of 2500 mm (98.43 in), flange width 700 mm (27.56 in). Cross-sectional area: 107,428 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 11,511,971.687 cm⁴, Iy = 251,671.199 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)	44 mm	1.73 in
Weight	843.3 kg/m	566.70 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	107,428 mm²	166.513 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	11,511,971.69 cm⁴	276575.12 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	251,671.2 cm⁴	6046.40 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	92,095.77 cm³	5620.052 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	7,190.61 cm³	438.800 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	103,279.08 cm³	6302.503 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	10,997.68 cm³	671.123 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	103.52 cm	40.755 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	15.31 cm	6.026 in