Web Tapered Steel Beam

2007 indian standard general construction in steel code of practice.

Web tapered steel beam.

Carbon steel doubly symmetric web tapered i shaped beams. In this paper two full scale experimental tests on lateral torsional buckling of linearly web tapered steel beams were presented. 2 19 the term pcro is the load which used as a. I beams i shaped cross section w wide flange steel beam i shaped cross section have parallel flange surfaces.

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 beams were tested under linearly varying bending moment. M miscellaneous shapes cannot be classified as standard i beams w s hp. 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.

6 1 1964 handbook for structural. Zhang tong 2008 the effective properties for web tapered beam element as derived by zhang tong 2008 are given as follows. Hp bearing pile h shaped cross section have parallel flange surfaces and equal web and flange thicknesses. The material and geometrical properties of both beams were characterized experimentally and detailed global and local results were reported.

S american standard beam i shaped cross section have a slope on the inner flange surfaces. Astm a992 hot rolled steel i beams are an excellent candidate for most processing technique. Hot rolled steel i beams have a textured blue grey finish and a tapered flanges against the web for increased strength.