Ironworkers place open-web steel joists on a frame of steel wide flange beams as a crane lowers bundles of joists from above.
Connection Details of Steel Framing Most steel frame connections use angles, plates, or tees as transitional elements between the members being connected. A simple bolted beam-to column-ß angle connection requires two angles and a number of bolts (Figures 11.24 11.27). The angles are cut to length, and the holes are made in all the components … Read more
Steel Steel is any of a range of alloys of iron that contain less than 2 percent carbon. Ordinary structural steel, called mild steel, contains less than three tenths of 1 percent carbon, plus traces of beneficial elements such as manganese and silicon, and of detrimental impurities such as phosphorus, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. In … Read more
Steel, strong and stiff, is a material of slender towers and soaring spans. Precise and predictable, light in proportion to its strength, it is also well suited to rapid construction, highly repetitive building frames, and architectural details that satisfy the eye with a clean, precise elegance. Among the metals, it is uniquely plentiful and inexpensive. … Read more