Structural steel is steel construction material, a profile, formed with a specific shape and certain standards of chemical composition and strength. Structural steel shape, size, composition, strength, storage, etc, is regulated in most industrialized countries. Some common structural shapes are as follows:

• I-beam (I-shaped cross-section)
• WF-Shape (Wide Flange Steel Materials and Rolling Processes (U.S.))
• H-Shape (another name for WF-Shape. The flange is equal to, or greater than, the web)
• Z-Shape (half a flange in opposite directions)
• Hollow structural section (hollow square or rectangular cross-section)
• Pipe (hollow round cross-section)
• Angle (L-shaped cross-section)
• Channel (C-shaped cross-section)
• Tee (T-shaped cross-section)
• Railway rail (asymetrical I-beam)
• Bar, a piece of metal, rectangular cross sectioned (flat) and long, but not so wide so as to be called a sheet.
• Rod, a round or square and long piece of metal or wood, see also rebar.
• Plate, sheet metal thicker than 6 mm or 1/4 in.

See also

• Dowel
• Profile (engineering)
• Rebar

Civil engineering | Steel

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