What are the properties of steel in construction?

Jul 29, 2024 Leave a message

Steel structure constructions are one of the main types of building structures. It is one of the more common structural forms in modern construction projects. Steel structure construction is a structure that is mainly made of steel. Steel properties in Minghua Steel Structure construction include high strength, better deformability, ease of processing, low carbon footprint, good sealing properties, and heat resistance.

1. Minghua Steel Structure has high strength

Higher strength mainly refers to the yield strength and tensile strength.

Yield strength is a measure of the load-bearing capacity of a prefabricated steel structure storage warehouse. High yield strength can reduce the cross-section of the member, thus reducing the structural deadweight, saving steel, and reducing the cost.

Tensile strength is a measure of the tensile strength of steel after a large deformation, which directly reflects the internal organization of steel, high tensile strength can increase the safety of prefabricated steel structure storage warehouse​​​​​​.

Prefabricated Steel Structure Storage Warehouse

2. Minghua steel structure has enough deformation capacity

Sufficient deformation capacity that plasticity and toughness are good.
Good plasticity indicates that the steel structure workshop has enough deformation capacity under static load and dynamic load. This reduces the tendency for the steel structure workshop to become suddenly brittle. And can adjust the local peak stress through the larger plastic deformation, so that the stress is redistributed, thus improving the ductility and seismic performance of the member.
Good toughness indicates that the steel structure workshop has a better ability to resist the action of dynamic loads and repetitive loads. Moreover, more energy can be absorbed when under dynamic loading, reducing the risk of cracking and brittleness. The magnitude of the steel's deformation capacity is of particular significance for structures of plastic design.

Steel Structure Workshop

3,High degree of mechanization of manufacturing and installation of Minghua steel structure
Prefabricated H Beam Steel Structure Workshop components are easy to manufacture in the factory and assembled at the construction site. Prefabricated H Beam Steel Structure Workshop components produced by factory mechanization have high precision, assembling on site is fast, and the construction period is short. Prefabricated H Beam Steel Structure Workshop is a kind of structure with a high degree of industrialization.

Prefabricated H Beam Steel Structure Workshop

4,Minghua steel structure is low-carbon, energy-saving, green, and reusable
The demolition of the steel structure food workshop hardly produces construction waste, and the steel can be recycled and reused.

Steel Structure Food Workshop

5,Minghua steel structure has good sealing performance
As the welded structure can be completely sealed, the airtightness and watertightness are very good. Minghua steel structure can be used as a steel structure pipe bridge for chemical gas transportation.

Steel Structure Pipe Bridge

6,Steel structure building heat-resistant not fire-resistant
When the temperature is below 150℃, the properties of steel change very little. Thus steel structure is suitable for hot workshops. However, when the surface of the structure is subjected to heat radiation of about 150℃, it should be protected by heat-insulating panels.

When the temperature is 300℃-400℃, the strength and elastic modulus of steel are significantly reduced.

At temperatures around 600°C, the strength of steel tends to zero. In buildings with special fire protection requirements, steel structures are protected with fire-resistant materials to increase the fire resistance level.