Structural steel is a standard construction material that is made from specific grades of steel and formed in a range of industry standard cross-sectional shapes. Structural steel grades are formed ...

What is a Uniform Load? The outside effort acting on a structure is known as the load. Typically, the load alters the structure’s shape, which can lead to plastic deformation. It is described as a ...

Bethlehem Steel Corp. revolutionized this country’s structural steel market in 1908 with I-beams as wide on top and bottom as they were tall. The wide-flange beam — lighter, stronger and less costly ...

THOSE STILL employed at United States Steel Corp.`s troubled South Works received a bit of good news Wednesday: It will become the only domestic producer of certain structural steel products used in ...

Strength. Rigidity. Dependability. The ability to bear weight without buckling. These are all things that we look for when we build a mechanical structure. And in today’s Retrotechtacular we take a ...

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has added more historic documents to its online ePubs collection for AISC members. The latest addition is a collection of shape producer catalogs ...