Has anyone got a list of definitions / diagrams of UB, UC, IPE, CHS etc, as used in superbeam. Also, what category should be used to analyse Z-section beams ? TIA, Simon.
superbeam steel section definitions
Nov 08, 2005
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UB (universal beam) is a standard I section beam. UC (universal column) is also an I section but more or less the same width and depth: despite the name they are often used as beams when headroom is critical. CHS, SHS and RHS are circular, square and rectangular hot-finished hollow sections.
From the FAQ
"What's a PFC?
Current steel data files include additional section types. PFC stands for Parallel Flange Channel, a channel section in which the inner and outer faces of the flanges are parallel. See SCI Publication 210: Parallel Flange Channels - Section Properties and Member Capacities,
1996... and an IPE or HE?
These are Euronorm (formerly DIN sections, the equivalent of UB's and UC's"
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