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I-beam

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An -beam, also known as H-beam (for universal column, UC), w-beam (for "wide flange"), universal beam (UB), rolled steel joist (RSJ), or double-T (especially in Polish, Bulgarian, Spanish, Italian and German), is a beam with an or H-shaped cross-section. [1]

60 relations: Allentown, Pennsylvania, Aluminium, American Institute of Steel Construction, Arrium, ASTM International, Beam (structure), Bending, Bethlehem Steel, Bolted joint, Box girder, British Standards, Bulgarian language, Bureau of Indian Standards, Castellated beam, Column, Composite material, Concrete, Construction, Cross section (geometry), Deflection (engineering), DIN 1025, EN 10034, Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, European Committee for Standardization, Extrusion, Fiberboard, Flange, Forges de la Providence, German language, Hollow structural section, I-joist, Italian language, Joist, Laminated veneer lumber, Limit state design, Mass, Metal fabrication, Neutral axis, Open web steel joist, Permissible stress design, Plate girder bridge, Polish language, Reinforced concrete, Rivet, Rolling (metalworking), Second moment of area, Section modulus, Shearing (physics), Spanish language, Steel design, ..., Stiffness, Stress (mechanics), Structural channel, Structural steel, T-beam, Torsion (mechanics), Vibration, Weld access hole, Welding, Yield (engineering). Expand index (10 more) »

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Allenschteddel) is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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American Institute of Steel Construction

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) is a not-for-profit technical institute and trade association for the use of structural steel in the construction industry of the United States.

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Arrium

Arrium was an Australian mining and materials company.

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ASTM International

ASTM International is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services.

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Beam (structure)

A beam is a structural element that primarily resists loads applied laterally to the beam's axis.

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Bending

In applied mechanics, bending (also known as flexure) characterizes the behavior of a slender structural element subjected to an external load applied perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the element.

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Bethlehem Steel

The Bethlehem Steel Corporation (commonly called Bethlehem Steel) was a steel and shipbuilding company that began operations in 1904 and was America's second-largest steel producer and largest shipbuilder.

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Bolted joint

Bolted joints are one of the most common elements in construction and machine design.

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Box girder

A box or tubular girder is a girder that forms an enclosed tube with multiple walls, rather than an ibeam or H-beam.

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British Standards

British Standards (BS) are the standards produced by the BSI Group which is incorporated under a Royal Charter (and which is formally designated as the National Standards Body (NSB) for the UK).

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Bulgarian language

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Bureau of Indian Standards

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the national Standards Body of India working under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.

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Castellated beam

A castellated beam is a beam style where an I-beam is subjected to a longitudinal cut along its web following a specific pattern in order to divide it, and reassemble the beam with a deeper web by taking advantage of the cutting pattern.

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Column

A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below.

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Composite material

A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite, which is the common name) is a material made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components.

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Concrete

Concrete, usually Portland cement concrete, is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens over time—most frequently a lime-based cement binder, such as Portland cement, but sometimes with other hydraulic cements, such as a calcium aluminate cement.

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Construction

Construction is the process of constructing a building or infrastructure.

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Cross section (geometry)

In geometry and science, a cross section is the non-empty intersection of a solid body in three-dimensional space with a plane, or the analog in higher-dimensional spaces.

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Deflection (engineering)

In engineering, deflection is the degree to which a structural element is displaced under a load.

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DIN 1025

DIN 1025 is a DIN standard which defines the dimensions, masses and sectional properties of hot rolled I-beams.

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EN 10034

The EN 10034 "Structural steel I and H sections.

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Euler–Bernoulli beam theory

Euler–Bernoulli beam theory (also known as engineer's beam theory or classical beam theory)Timoshenko, S., (1953), History of strength of materials, McGraw-Hill New York is a simplification of the linear theory of elasticity which provides a means of calculating the load-carrying and deflection characteristics of beams.

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European Committee for Standardization

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN, Comité Européen de Normalisation) is a public standards organization whose mission is to foster the economy of the European Union (EU) in global trading, the welfare of European citizens and the environment by providing an efficient infrastructure to interested parties for the development, maintenance and distribution of coherent sets of standards and specifications.

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Extrusion

Extrusion is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile.

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Fiberboard

Fiberboard (American spelling) or fibreboard (Commonwealth spelling) is a type of engineered wood product that is made out of wood fibers.

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Flange

A flange is an external or internal ridge, or rim (lip), for strength, as the flange of an iron beam such as an I-beam or a T-beam; or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc., or on the lens mount of a camera; or for a flange of a rail car or tram wheel.

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Forges de la Providence

Forges de la Providence was a Belgian steel producing company based in the Hainaut region around Charleroi.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Hollow structural section

A hollow structural section (HSS) is a type of metal profile with a hollow tubular cross section.

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I-joist

An engineered wood joist, more commonly known as an I-joist, is a product designed to eliminate problems that occur with conventional wood joists.

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Italian language

Italian (or lingua italiana) is a Romance language.

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Joist

A joist is a horizontal structural member used in framing to span an open space, often between beams that subsequently transfer loads to vertical members.

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Laminated veneer lumber

Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is an engineered wood product that uses multiple layers of thin wood assembled with adhesives.

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Limit state design

Limit state design (LSD), also known as load and resistance factor design (LRFD), refers to a design method used in structural engineering.

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Mass

Mass is both a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (a change in its state of motion) when a net force is applied.

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Metal fabrication

Metal fabrication is the building of metal structures by cutting, bending, and assembling processes.

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Neutral axis

The neutral axis is an axis in the cross section of a beam (a member resisting bending) or shaft along which there are no longitudinal stresses or strains.

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Open web steel joist

In structural engineering, the open web steel joist (OWSJ) is a lightweight steel truss consisting, in the standard form, of parallel chords and a triangulated web system, proportioned to span between bearing points.

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Permissible stress design

Permissible stress design (in USA construction more commonly called allowable stress design) is a design philosophy used by civil engineers.

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Plate girder bridge

A plate girder bridge is a bridge supported by two or more plate girders.

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Polish language

Polish (język polski or simply polski) is a West Slavic language spoken primarily in Poland and is the native language of the Poles.

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete (RC) (also called reinforced cement concrete or RCC) is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are counteracted by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Rivet

A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener.

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Rolling (metalworking)

In metalworking, rolling is a metal forming process in which metal stock is passed through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the thickness and to make the thickness uniform.

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Second moment of area

The 2nd moment of area, also known as moment of inertia of plane area, area moment of inertia, or second area moment, is a geometrical property of an area which reflects how its points are distributed with regard to an arbitrary axis.

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Section modulus

Section modulus is a geometric property for a given cross-section used in the design of beams or flexural members.

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Shearing (physics)

Shearing in continuum mechanics refers to the occurrence of a shear strain, which is a deformation of a material substance in which parallel internal surfaces slide past one another.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Steel design

Steel design, or more specifically, structural steel design, is an area of knowledge of structural engineering used to design steel structures.

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Stiffness

Stiffness is the rigidity of an object — the extent to which it resists deformation in response to an applied force.

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Stress (mechanics)

In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that expresses the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other, while strain is the measure of the deformation of the material.

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Structural channel

The structural channel, also known as a C-beam or Parallel Flange Channel (PFC), is a type of (usually structural steel) beam, used primarily in building construction and civil engineering.

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Structural steel

Structural steel is a category of steel used for making construction materials in a variety of shapes.

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T-beam

A T-beam (or tee beam), used in construction, is a load-bearing structure of reinforced concrete, wood or metal, with a t-shaped cross section.

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Torsion (mechanics)

In the field of solid mechanics, torsion is the twisting of an object due to an applied torque.

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Vibration

Vibration is a mechanical phenomenon whereby oscillations occur about an equilibrium point.

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Weld access hole

The weld access hole or rat hole is a structural engineering technique that allows welding flanges of I-beams and T-beams across their full width and also minimize the induction of thermal stresses with a combination of partially releasing the welded section, avoiding welding the T section where the flange joins the web and improving cooling conditions.

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Welding

Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing fusion, which is distinct from lower temperature metal-joining techniques such as brazing and soldering, which do not melt the base metal.

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Yield (engineering)

The yield point is the point on a stress–strain curve that indicates the limit of elastic behavior and the beginning of plastic behavior.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-beam

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