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    Steel has several advantages as a structural material including its high strength-to-weight ratio, ductility, and predictable material properties. Its high strength-to-weight ratio makes it suitable for high-rise buildings, long-span bridges, and structures in seismic areas. Its ductility provides energy absorption and prevents sudden failure. Material properties of steel can be accurately predicted. However, steel structures may have higher initial costs than other materials and require fireproofing and regular maintenance to prevent corrosion. Steel members are also more susceptible to buckling due to their slender shape.

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    Steel has several advantages as a structural material including its high strength-to-weight ratio, ductility, and predictable material properties. Its high strength-to-weight ratio makes it suitable for high-rise buildings, long-span bridges, and structures in seismic areas. Its ductility provides energy absorption and prevents sudden failure. Material properties of steel can be accurately predicted. However, steel structures may have higher initial costs than other materials and require fireproofing and regular maintenance to prevent corrosion. Steel members are also more susceptible to buckling due to their slender shape.

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    Steel has several advantages as a structural material including its high strength-to-weight ratio, ductility, and predictable material properties. Its high strength-to-weight ratio makes it suitable for high-rise buildings, long-span bridges, and structures in seismic areas. Its ductility provides energy absorption and prevents sudden failure. Material properties of steel can be accurately predicted. However, steel structures may have higher initial costs than other materials and require fireproofing and regular maintenance to prevent corrosion. Steel members are also more susceptible to buckling due to their slender shape.

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    Steel has several advantages as a structural material including its high strength-to-weight ratio, ductility, and predictable material properties. Its high strength-to-weight ratio makes it suitable for high-rise buildings, long-span bridges, and structures in seismic areas. Its ductility provides energy absorption and prevents sudden failure. Material properties of steel can be accurately predicted. However, steel structures may have higher initial costs than other materials and require fireproofing and regular maintenance to prevent corrosion. Steel members are also more susceptible to buckling due to their slender shape.

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    CE532

    Chapter 1

    Home

    Table of Contents

    1.2 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF STEEL AS A STRUCTURAL


    DESIGN MATERIAL
    The following advantages in general may be credited to steel as a structural design
    material:
    1. High strength/weight ratio. Steel has a high strength/weight ratio. Thus, the dead
    weight of steel structures is relatively small. This property makes steel a very attractive
    structural material for
    a. High-rise buildings
    b. Long-span bridges
    c. Structures located on soft ground
    d. Structures located in highly seismic areas where forces acting on the structure due
    to an earthquake are in general proportional to the weight of the structure.
    2. Ductility. As discussed in the previous section, steel can undergo large plastic
    deformation before failure, thus providing a large reserve strength. This property is
    referred to as ductility. Properly designed steel structures can have high ductility, which
    is an important characteristic for resisting shock loading such as blasts or earthquakes.
    A ductile structure has energy-absorbing capacity and will not incur sudden failure. It
    usually shows large visible deflections before failure or collapse.
    3. Predictable material properties. Properties of steel can be predicted with a high
    degree of certainty. Steel in fact shows elastic behavior up to a relatively high and
    usually well-defined stress level. Also, in contrast to reinforced concrete, steel
    properties do not change considerably with time.
    4. Speed of erection. Steel structures can be erected quite rapidly. This normally
    results in quicker economic payoff.
    5. Quality of construction. Steel structures can be built with high-quality workmanship
    and narrow tolerances.
    6. Ease of repair. Steel structures in general can be repaired quickly and easily.
    7. Adaptation of prefabrication. Steel is highly suitable for prefabrication and mass
    production.
    8. Repetitive use. Steel can be reused after a structure is disassembled.
    9. Expanding existing structures. Steel buildings can be easily expanded by adding new
    bays or wings. Steel bridges may be widened.
    10. Fatigue strength. Steel structures have relatively good fatigue strength.

    The following may be considered as disadvantages of steel in certain cases:


    1. General cost. Steel structures may be more costly than other types of structures.
    2. Fireproofing. The strength of steel is reduced substantially when heated at
    temperatures commonly observed in building fires. Also, steel conducts and transmits
    heat from a burning portion of the building quite fast. Consequently, steel frames in
    buildings must have adequate fireproofing.

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    3. Maintenance. Steel structures exposed to air and water, such as bridges, are
    susceptible to corrosion and should be painted regularly. Application of weathering
    and corrosion-resistant steels may eliminate this problem.
    4. Susceptibility to buckling. Due to high strength/weight ratio, steel compression
    members are in general more slender and consequently more susceptible to buckling
    than, say, reinforced concrete compression members. As a result, considerable
    materials may have to be used just to improve the buckling resistance of slender steel
    compression members.
    Hojjat Adeli, Professor
    Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
    The Ohio State University
    409 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, Columbus OH 43210

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