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Bt5 Lecture 2 Steel Construction Part1
Bt5 Lecture 2 Steel Construction Part1
Bt5 Lecture 2 Steel Construction Part1
CONSTRUCTION
Square Bars
Round Bars
I-Beams
Angle Bars
Channel Bars
Structural Steel
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10. Zees – The zee section is another structural form in a letter Z which is not
frequently used in building construction except for the fabrication of steel
windows and other frames.
H-Columns
Tee beams
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Structural Steel Shapes 4.2.3 Three-Way Beam System – is used when a large column-
Structural Steel Framing 4.2 free space is required, where long-spanning plate girders or
trusses can be used to carry the primary beam, which in turn
Steel Columns &
Connections support a layer of secondary beams.
Steel Beams &
Connection
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Girders may be built up of angles and plates riveted together for long spans
Structural Steel Shapes and for unusual cases of very heavy loading. Those are of two types:
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b. Box Girders. This is a built up
beam in which more than one web
plate is used.
Structural Steel
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framed connections.
Structural Steel Shapes In a seated connection the bottom flange of the beam rests on and is field-riveted
to an angle shop-riveted to the flange or web of the column. Another angle is field-
Structural Steel Framing riveted to the column and to the top flange of the beam.
In a framed connection the web of the beam or girder is connected by angles or by
Steel Columns &
Connections gusset-plates to the column. In framed connections, angle seats are usually shop-
riveted to the columns to hold the beam or girder during erection.
Steel Beams &
4.4
Connection 4.4.2 STEEL BEAM CONNECTIONS
Open-Web Steel Joists
Moment Connections – AISC Type 1 – also called Rigid Frame
Metal Decking connections are able to hold their original angle under loading by developing
a specified resisting moment, usually by means of plates welded or bolted to
Steel Trusses and Rigid
Frames the beam flanges and the supporting column.
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Structural Steel Shapes made to resist only shear and are free to rotate under gravity loads. Shear walls
or diagonal bracing is required for lateral stability of the structure.
Structural Steel Framing
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4.6 METAL DECKING
Structural Steel Shapes
Structural Steel Framing Metal decking are corrugated steel panels used as a working platform
Steel Columns & during construction and eventually as formwork for sitecast concrete
Connections slab. The decking panels are secured with puddle-welds or shear welded
through the decking to the supporting steel joists or beams. The panels
Steel Beams &
Connection are fastened to each other along their sides with screws, weld, or button
punching standing seams. If the deck is to serve as a structural
Open-Web Steel Joists
diaphragm and transfer lateral loads to shear walls, its entire perimeter is
Metal Decking 4.6 welded to steel supports. In addition, more stringent requirements to
support and side lap fastening may apply. There are three major types of
Steel Trusses and Rigid
Frames
metal decking:
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4.6.1 Form Decking – serves as a
Structural Steel Shapes permanent formwork for a reinforced
concrete slab until the slab can
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support itself and its live load.
Steel Columns &
Connections 4.6.2 Composite Decking –
serves as a tensile reinforcement
Steel Beams &
for the concrete slab to which it is
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bonded with embossed rib pattern.
Open-Web Steel Joists Composite action between the
concrete slab and the floor beams
Metal Decking 4.6
or joists can be achieved by
Steel Trusses and Rigid welding shear studs through the
Frames
decking to the supporting beam
Structural Steel Framing below.
Systems
4.6.3 Cellular Decking – is
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corrugated sheet to a flat steel sheet,
forming a series of spaces or
raceways for electrical and
communications wiring; special
cutouts are available for floor outlets.
The decking may serve as an
acoustic ceiling when the perforated
cells are filled with glass fiber.