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IPE 500 - Section Properties

The IPE 500 is a European I-beam (IPE) with a mass of 90.7 kg/m, an overall depth of 500 mm and width of 200 mm. It has a cross-sectional area of 116 cm², a second moment of area Iᵧ of 48200 cm⁴, a plastic modulus Wₚₗ,ᵧ of 2190 cm³, to EN 10365 · Continental Steel (SCI P363 Blue Book).

Mass
90.7 kg/m
Depth
500 mm
Width
200 mm
Area
116 cm²
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IPE 500 section profile
mass (kg/m)90.7
h (mm)500
b (mm)200
tw (mm)10.2
tf (mm)16
Iy (cm⁴)48200
Iz (cm⁴)2140
iy (cm)20.4
iz (cm)4.31
Wel,y (cm³)1930
Wel,z (cm³)214
Wpl,y (cm³)2190
Wpl,z (cm³)336
u6.257
X31.1
Iw (dm⁶)1.25
It (cm⁴)89.1
A (cm²)116
SA/m (m²/m)1.74

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