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The evolution and impact of steel in architecture

Hello everyone! 


In today’s blog we are going to explore how steel has shaped architecture to what it is today.

One of the greatest milestones in architecture is the development of the manufacturing methods of iron and steel as a building material and its large scale production which enables us to build structures touching the sky even. 

Architecture has evolved from traditional houses honoring different times periods and staying true to their style and culture to present-day skyscrapers, a concrete dream. 

While traditional houses take up a lot of ground space, taller buildings leave a small footprint on the ground but stack up on vertical levels to accommodate our inevitable constant population growth. Steel plays a major role for this concrete dream to become our reality and solution to our ever-changing needs. 

Iron, coke and limestone in a Blast furnace with shots of hot air blasts at 1800 °C produces molten iron which is used to make steel and alloys of steel, which are a family of alloys (iron with carbon or various metals).

Here is a timeline of the evolution of steel, as a building material:




TIMELINE OF STEEL AS A BUILDING MATERIAL



STEEL SECTIONS

The different types of steel sections used in construction-

  • Beam-  Its an I-shaped section which is very efficient in carrying both bending and shear loads in the plane of the web.
  • HSS - Hollow Structural Section - Most commonly used in welded steel frames where members experience loads in multiple directions. Rectangular HSS is also called as the tube steel of structural tubing.
  • Channel section
  • Angle section
  • Plate section


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Signing off

Tejashri Kumaresan

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