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Structural steel is a material used for steel construction, which is formed with a specific shape following certain standards of chemical composition and strength. They can also be defined as hot rolled products, with a cross section of special form like angles, channels and beams/joints. There has been an increasing demand for structural steel for construction purposes in the United States.

Measures are been taken by the structural steel authority for ready availability of structural steel on time for the various projects. The people at every level are working hard to realize the purpose of producing steel on time, like, service centers, producers, fabricators and erectors along with the general contractors, engineers and architects are all working hand in hand. Steel has always been more preferred to concrete because steel offers better tension and compression thus resulting in lighter construction. Usually structural steel uses three dimensional trusses hence making it larger than it's concrete counterpart. There are different new techniques which enable the production of a wide range of structures and shapes, the procedures being the following:

• High-precision stress analysis
• Computerized stress analysis
• Innovative jointing

The structural steel all over the world predominates the construction scenario. This material has been exhaustively used in various constructions all over the world because of it's various specific characteristics that are very much ideally suited for construction. Structural steel is durable and can be well molded to give the desired shape to give an ultimate look to the structure that has been constructed. There is a mention of The Super dome situated in the United States and The Fukuoka Dome of Japan, both speak the unique language of the unique capabilities of the structural steel.

Types of structural steel:
Various types of structural steel sections and their technical specifications are as follows:

• Beams
• Channels
• Angles
• Flats

Applications:
Structural steel sections are usually used for construction of buildings, buildings, transmission line towers (TLT), industrial sheds and structures etc. They also find application in manufacturing of automotive vehicles, ships etc.