×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Quick steel question

Quick steel question

Quick steel question

(OP)
When you are told that you are using 350W steel, what does the 350 represent? What does the W represent?

Its a study question, but just wanted to run it by you guys so i know i am correct.

W represents that the steel is weldable

350 describes the nominal depth(feel like i am wrong on this one?!)



Thanks in advance.

RE: Quick steel question

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=228830

350 is Fy in MPa. I am not looking now for the W meaning in the spec since I don't practice in Canada, but I may have the info somewhere and say if no other explains before.

RE: Quick steel question

W means it's weldable...

RE: Quick steel question

(OP)
Quick responses are quick.

Thx

RE: Quick steel question

Grade 350W is weldable steel with a yield stress of 350 MPa.
A W350x## section is a wide flange beam with a depth of 350 mm.

RE: Quick steel question

(OP)
Thanks Trundle for making that more clear.  

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources