Steel_Student blog

  STEEL is available in variety of forms in market depending on the use, function and location of the product.  ANGLE SECTIONS  The angle sections are divided into two as equal angle and unequal angle sections.  Equal angle sections range from 20mm to 200mm in size.  Unequal angle sections range from 30mm to 200mm in size. These are used in the structural steel roof and filer joist floor.  CHANNEL SECTIONS (structural member ) These sections have two parts namely web ( vertical member )  and flange ( horizontal member ).  There will be 1 web and 2 flanges in a channel section.  The size varies from 100mm to 400mm     CORRUGATED SHEETS  These sheets are produced by passing steel sheets through grooves to get the texture. These are majorly used in the roof coverings and they are generally galvanized ( zinc coated ).  EXPANDED METAL These  sheets are made from mild steel which is machine cut.  They have a dia...

  01/September/2020 Today’s session is clearly a continuation of my previous blog. Sections were already a part of the evolution and today's session made it clear that certain things, even though evoloving, does not lose its originality and they do have their own importance because of which it becomes irreplacable. So, today was about learning the different types of sections available in standard structural steel and about a more complex steel strata called AESS. The details are as follows :-   Market forms of steel Angle sections - Equal and unequal angles of sizes (200x200x25) mm - 736N/m length, 30x20x3mm -11N per m length. Usage - Filler joist flooring, structural steel roof trusses, bridges, etc Channel sections - 2 flanges and 1 web section, Types - ISJC (Jr.), ISLC (Light), ISMC (Medium) and of sizes 100x45 per metre length - 58N Corrugated - Formed by passing steel sheets through grooves and its market form is GI sheets - used as roof covering material Expande...