Before revision: A steel -beam, in this case used to support timber joists in a house -beam ( -shaped cross-section – in Britain these include Universal Beams (UB) and Universal Columns (UC); in Europe it includes the IPE, HE, HL, HD and other sections; in the US it includes Wide Flange (WF or W-Shape) and sections) Z-Shape (half a flange in opposite directions) HSS-Shape (Hollow structural section also known as SHS (structural hollow section) and including square, rectangular, circular (pipe) and elliptical cross sections) Angle ( -shaped cross-section) Structural channel, or -beam, or cross-section Tee ( -shaped cross-section) Rail profile (asymmetrical -beam) Railway rail Vignoles rail Flanged rail Grooved rail Bar, a long piece with a rectangular cross section, but not so wide so as to be called a sheet.
After revision: A steel -beam, in this case used to support timber joists in a house -beam ( L-shaped cross-section – in Britain these include Universal Beams (UB) and Universal Columns (UC); in Europe it includes the IPE, HE, HL, HD and other sections; in the US it includes Wide Flange (WF or W-Shape) and sections) Z-Shape (half a flange in opposite directions) HSS-Shape (Hollow structural section also known as SHS (structural hollow section) and including square, rectangular, circular (pipe) and elliptical cross sections) Angle ( -shaped cross-section) Structural channel, or C-beam, or 'C' cross-section Tee ( T-shapedserif capital ''HR cross-section) Rail profile (asymmetrical -beam) Railway rail Vignoles rail Flanged rail Grooved rail Bar, a long piece with a rectangular cross section, but not so wide so as to be called a sheet.