AR303: Building Construction IV

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Steel Secti ons
Topics to be Covered

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Hot Rolled Sections Cold Rolled Sections

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Compound Sections Open Web Beams

Aaditya P. Sanyal, PhD

Dept. of APD, IIT-BHU (2021-22) 2
Steel

◎ Most popular and effective building

Material
◎ An alloy made by combination of Iron
(Fe) and other elements, the most
common of these being Carbon (C). Symbol of Steel in
section
◎ Carbon Content: 0.15% to 1.50%
◎ Increase in carbon content: Increase
strength, decrease in ductility

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Relevant Codes for Steel Construction

Code of practice for general construction in

IS 800:2007
steel (third revision)
Code of practice for use of steel tubes in
IS 806:1968
general building construction (first revision)
Dimensions for hot rolled steel beam, column,
IS 808:1989
channel and angle sections (third Revision)
Specification for cold formed light gauge
IS 811:1987
structural steel sections (second revision)

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Hot Rolled Sections

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Hot Rolled Sections

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Hot Rolled Sections

 Easier to make, to shape and form.

 Has its source in a mill process involving
rolling the steel at high temperature.
 Starts from a piece of still billet which is
heated up 926°C and then the steel is rolled
through the mill into the particular shape.
 The whole process is done at high
temperature and at the end is being cooled
down and tolerances are not essential.

Refer Video >>>

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Rolled Steel Beam Sections (I-Sections )

◎ I-sections are used as beams and

columns.
◎ About 80 % of the bending moment is
resisted by the flanges and the rest of
the bending moment is resisted by
the web.
◎ About 95% of the shear force is
resisted by the web and the rest of
the shear force is resisted by the
flanges.

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Rolled Steel Beam Sections (I-Sections )

Universal Beam Universal Column – Wide Flange Beam

(100 x 50 x 8.9 kg/m to (150 x 150 x 27.1 kg/m to
600 x 210 x 123 kg/m) 450 x 250 x 92.5 kg/m)
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Rolled Steel Beam Sections
Steel beams are classified as (IS : 808-1989):
◎ Indian Standard Joist/junior Beams – ISJB
◎ Indian Standard Light Beams – ISLB
◎ Indian Standard Medium Weight Beams – ISMB
◎ Indian Standard Wide Flange Beams – ISWB
Rolled steel columns/heavy weight beams are classified as (IS : 808-1989):
◎ Indian Standard Column Sections – ISSC
◎ Indian Standard Heavy Weight Beams – ISHB
Refer IS 808:1989
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Rolled Steel Beam Sections

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Channel Sections

◎ Channel section consists of a web

and two flanges.
◎ Junction between the flange and the
web is known as fillet.
◎ Channels are used as beams and
columns

Nomenclature used: MC 225 @ 0.261 kN/m

Signifies: Medium Weight Channel 225 mm depth weighing 0.261 kN/m

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Channel Sections

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Tee Sections

◎ Section consists of a web and a

flange.
◎ Junction between the flange and the
web is known as fillet.
◎ Also used with flat strips to connect
plates in the steel rectangular tanks

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Hollow Sections/ Steel Tube Section

◎ Used as columns and compression members and tension members

in tubular trusses

Rectangular Hollow Section Circular Hollow Section

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Hollow Sections/ Steel Tube Section

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Angle Sections

◎ Angles are available as equal angles and unequal angles.

◎ Thickness of legs of equal and unequal angle sections are equal.

Nomenclature:∟200 x 100 x 10 mm (∟200 100 @ 0.228 kN/m)

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Angle Sections

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Rolled Steel Flats

◎ Used for lacing of elements in built up members, such as columns and

are also used as ties.

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Cold Rolled Sections

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Cold Rolled Sections

◎ Lightweight alternative to relatively

heavy hot rolled sections
◎ Generally only a few millimetres in
wall thickness
◎ Save material and handling costs;
and building dead load.
◎ Available in a wide variety of section
profiles.
◎ Mostly non-structural use
Refer Video >>>
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Cold Rolled Sections

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Cold Rolled Sections

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Com pound Sections

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Com pound Sections

◎ Produced by welding together standard sections.

◎ Various profiles are possible, which can be designed specifically
for extreme situations such as very high loads and long spans.

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Com pound Sections – Beam or Colum n

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Com pound Sections – Channel

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Com pound Sections – Gantry Girder

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Open W eb Beam s

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Open Web Beam s

◎ Particularly suited to long spans with light to moderate loading.

◎ Relative increase in depth will help resist deflection and voids in the
web will reduce structural dead load

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Open Web Beam s – Perforated Beam

◎ Standard beam section with circular voids cut about the neutral axis.

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Open Web Beam s – Cas tellated Beam

◎ Beams with profile cut into web and welded together to create a new
beam 50% deeper than the original.

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Open Web Beam s – Cas tellated Beam

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Open Web Beam s – L itzk a Beam

◎ Standard beam cut as the castellated beam, but with overall depth
increased further by using spacer plates welded to the projections.

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Open Web Beam s

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References

◎ Building Construction Handbook; pp. 628-631

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