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What is a steel beam?

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The stem or the spine is the central structural beam of a ship.

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A steel beam is a long piece of metal (steel), which is commonly in the shape of an "H", but which comes in a variety of thicknesses, lengths, and W/F (weight per foot). Also - "W" stands for Wide Flange" as opposed to an "I" beam which is what you would normally think of when talking about steel beams. Wide flange has wider flanges, more resembling a square than a rectangle. A 8 x 48# wide flange beam has a 8.1117" flange, x 8.5" tall and is 48lbs per foot.

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take example as a building

Basically there are slab, beams and columns

The loadings are applied on the beams and slabs

wall on the beam is beam load. wall on the slab is slab load.

column is the element which connect all the beams and bring the load to foundation.

slab is the element which transfer slab load to beam.

Beam is the element which transfer slab loads and beam loads to columns.

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It is structural member that supports a roof, floor, or ceiling that transfers loads to a stronger structural member, like a girder or wall

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