Anyone know what a square foot of that weighs? The same stuff used in ocean going containers.
Steve
CorTen
Nov 12, 2011
5 Replies
A square foot? Indeterminate. It's steel - figure 500#/CF. Take it from there with the gauge/thickness.
R
As Rico posted, CorTen is steel (high manganese / "weathering" steel).
The number he gave, 500 lbs per cubic foot is a good one to remember.
What are you trying to figure out?
Here is a spec that describes (rather cryptically) the construction of one type of ocean containers.
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Roof material: 2mm. >>>>> 3.7 lbs per sq ft (corrugated shape not considered) Side walls: 1.6mm >>>>> 2.9 lbs per sq ft (corrugated shape not considered)
HTH
cheers Bob
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL DRY CARGO CONTAINER 20' x 8' x 9'6" High Cube
Cube? And that's just on the first page!
Easy. Square foot weighs nothing. You need that third dimension ;)
q ft (corrugated
Your point?
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