Structural Steel Terminology
Structural steel products of various shapes used to construct the supporting elements of buildings bridges etc.
Structural steel terminology. Used in the construction of cofferdams or riverbank reinforcement. Structural steel having a yield stress in excess of 36 000 pounds per square inch. The amount that a member bends is its stiffness. The width of the flanges is usually between 1 5 times and 3 times less than the depth of the web.
The strength of a steel member to resist bending is called its bending moment resistance. A steel plate used to connect structural steel members or to reinforce members. The line formed at the intersection of two adjacent sloping planes of a roof. Structural steel terms layout and fabrication of steel and pipe structural steel is one of the basic materials used in the construction of frames for most industrial buildings bridges and.
It is usually inserted between the top or bottom chord of a joist or joist girder. A roof that is formed by sloping planes from all four sides. The section has a web in the middle and two flanges. Technically a tube is used to transport fluids or gases.
However pipe and tube are often used interchangeably in steel lexicon with a given label applied primarily as a matter of historical use. As a result of these name changes there has arisen confusion are we talking about a structural steel building a modular building a prefabricated building a pre engineered building or a metal building system. H a welded 3 piece steel member of a steel building system with an h shaped cross section. A steel plate used to connect structural elements of a steel building system.
Glossary of steel terminology. The terminology used to describe steel buildings over the years has changed as the technology for designing and producing these buildings has matured. A proprietary reidsteel name for a patented form of tied arch with pitched or parabolic roof slopes which can be used to span large spans cost effectively. Defined as force x distance it is a situation that tends to bend structural members.