Web Tapered Steel Beam

What one normally encounters in the rafter sections of a low rise metal building gable frame.

Web tapered steel beam.

Hp bearing pile h shaped cross section have parallel flange surfaces and equal web and flange thicknesses. 2 19 the term pcro is the load which used as a. In this paper two full scale experimental tests on lateral torsional buckling of linearly web tapered steel beams were presented. Steel i beams are a standard structural material which its primary function is to carry loads transverse to its longitudinal axis web.

Carbon steel doubly symmetric web tapered i shaped beams. The beams were tested under linearly varying bending moment. S american standard beam i shaped cross section have a slope on the inner flange surfaces. 2007 indian standard general construction in steel code of practice.

A parametric study is performed to study the moment capacity and flexural ductility in the inelastic range of various beam geometries with length to depth ratios between two and three i e. The american institute of steel construction has just published design guide 25 titled frame design using web tapered members this publication details the design of web tapered members which are commonly used in the metal building industry. Hot rolled steel i beams have a textured blue grey finish and a tapered flanges against the web for increased strength. M miscellaneous shapes cannot be classified as standard i beams w s hp.

Zhang tong 2008 the effective properties for web tapered beam element as derived by zhang tong 2008 are given as follows. The material and geometrical properties of both beams were characterized experimentally and detailed global and local results were reported. 6 1 1964 handbook for structural.