H-TYPE BEAMS

Sorry friend,

My manual of steel construction does not show an H shape of beams.

It does show W shapes

M shapes

S shapes

and HP shapes

American standard channels (C)

Miscellaneous Channels (MC)

ans Angles (L)

but nothing described as H300 or H600.

Toomuchfun

There are two specifications: HEA and HEB, which type you used?

HEA :web 290x flange 300/web 9x flange 14

HEB: web 300x flange 300/web 11x flange 19

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Here is a manufacturer that provides some dimensional data:

http://www.metricmetal.com/products/wflah.htm

You could probably contact them for the standards they manufacture to.

Michael Martin

Houston, Texas

They should be( W then a number and then another number ) the first number means the hight or distance between the outside of the two flanges for instance 24. The second number is the weight per foot such as 86. The W stands for wide flange angles so this beam would be called a W24x86. Now you can go to a steel book and look up this beam and find out all of the sizes and measurments you could want. If they get too big they will have to be made in a shop out of plate and are commonly called plate girts and the web will be full penatration welded to the flanges. I hope I have answered your question.