Structural steel

Structural steel is steel used for making construction materials in a variety of shapes. Many structural steel shapes take the form of an elongated beam having a profile of a specific cross section. Structural steel shapes, sizes, chemical composition, mechanical properties such as strengths, storage practices, etc.

, are regulated by standards in most industrialized countries.
Structural steel usually used in a system of interconnected members that are fixed together to carry loads in order to meet a specific need.

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