Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
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Hello,
Does anyone know of a quick way of determining Equivalent US steel sections for British sections?
I have designed some steel framing for a project in the middle east and have specified BS sections. The contractor wants to use US sections as they are more readily available. I therefore need to give him alternatives.
I'm too lazy to troll through the AISC section tables, does anyone know of a quick way of say determining a universal beam section with comparable properties, obviously for the same grade of steel (S275)?
Thanks in advance
Does anyone know of a quick way of determining Equivalent US steel sections for British sections?
I have designed some steel framing for a project in the middle east and have specified BS sections. The contractor wants to use US sections as they are more readily available. I therefore need to give him alternatives.
I'm too lazy to troll through the AISC section tables, does anyone know of a quick way of say determining a universal beam section with comparable properties, obviously for the same grade of steel (S275)?
Thanks in advance






RE: Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
You're probably going to have to accept some inefficiency to protect your geometry. The US and brits do not use the same steel Fy grades. The British 275 MPa yield is closer to the old A36 steel, but modern sections are rolled to A992 in the US and have an Fy of 345MPa (50ksi).
If you have a geometry that requires LTB and other slenderness effect checks you are going to have to do a fair amount of work to show that this is okay. Otherwise the similarly shaped US sections are always going go out perform your UK spec.
RE: Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
If you can get a section database, then it's possible to write an excel sheet to compare them directly.
Dik
RE: Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
RE: Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
RE: Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
RE: Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
I attached the excel file where I did so. You can modify according to your need
RE: Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
RE: Comparison of US steel sections to British sections
so it is easy to pick a similar profile from another code/country
the same for different material properties
best regards
Klaus