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y Flange y
1
tf 6
Hot-rolled structural steel shapes.

Web Fillet
x x d x x x x
tw tw = tf Sloping
inside
k tf of flange
y y
W- and M- HP-shapes S-shapes
bf
shapes
I-shaped cross-sections

Flange y t y Flange
y
1 z
12
tf
x x
x x l1 Toe tw
Sloping inside Stem (or web)
of flange x x
Web
t
y Heel y z y
Leg
l2
Channels (C- and Angles (equal or Tees (WT-shapes)
MC-shapes) unequal legs)

Wall
Tubular products

thickness, t
Outside
wall
t dimension t

Outside Outside Outside

diameter wall wall
(OD) dimension dimension
Circular tube or pipe Square and rectangular structural tubing

Width ³ 8"
Plate and bar products

Rolled surface
Thickness ³ 0.18" or 0.23"
depending on plate width
Cut edge (sheared or flange cut)
or Rolled edge (universal mill) Plates

Diameter, d Width < 8"

Thickness, up to
0.203" or 0.23"

Solid circular Solid square or rectangular Hexagonal

1.51 Design of Steel Structures Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Spring Semester, 1999

Common structural shapes

Wide flange American Channels Angle Double angle

(W-section) standard beam
(S-section)

Structural tee Pipe section Structural tubing Bars

Plate Zee I-shaped Hat section

double channel

Starred angle Cable Built-up sections